| Evidence: | 'The gum-trees were like those in the last bay, both in leaf and in producing a very small proportion of gum; on the branches of them and other trees were large ants' nests, made of clay, as big as a bushel, something like those described in Sir Hans Sloane's "History of Jamaica", vol. II. pp. 221 to 258, but not so smooth.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 29 May 1770 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Off Australia | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: at sea in HMS Endeavour | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Joseph Banks |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 13 Feb 1743 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Naturalist |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Off Australia |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Sir Hans Sloane |
| Title: | History of Jamaica |
| Genre: | History, Natural history |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 10119 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Banks | |
| Editor: | Joseph Hooker | |
| Title: | Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., K.B. P.R.S. during Captain Cook's first voyage in HMS Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra del Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies etc. | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1896 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 273 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Joseph Banks, Joseph Hooker (ed.), Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., K.B. P.R.S. during Captain Cook's first voyage in HMS Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra del Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies etc. (London, 1896), p. 273, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10119, accessed: 29 March 2023 | |
| Date of birth is given in the book as 2 February 1743 (O.S.) this has been changed to the new style date. |
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