A Great Endeavour: The Lost World of Joseph Banks Series
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Catalogue Number: 555016
Producer: Pilot Productions
Producers: Cross, Ian
Directors: Cross, Ian
Producing Agencies: Pilot Film and TV Productions
Subject: Canadian World Studies, Documentary, Geography, History, Science, Social Sciences, Social Studies, World History
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
Copyright Year: 2016
Running Time: 25:22
Episode 1 of the documentary, "A Great Endeavour" looks at Banks’ early privileged life as the son of a wealthy landowner who inherited vast estates, and his developing friendship with Swedish botanist, Daniel Solander, who would accompany him on his journey and adventures to the South Seas on board the Endeavour with Captain Cook.
Botanist Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his voyages and helped establish the Kew Gardens as a botanical centre in London. He played a pivotal role in the founding of Australia first as a convict settlement and then as a British colony.
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