First Contact: The Lost World of Joseph Banks Series
This item is only available for Canadian orders.Catalogue Number: 555017
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: 29:02
Episode 2, "First Contact" follows the Endeavour as it encounters the native peoples of New Zealand and Australia for the first time.
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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