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On 21 February 1767 Joseph Banks set out from London on an excursion through the northern region of the county of Kent returning to London on 4 March. In the company of his relatives, Robert and Bridget Banks-Hodgkinson, he visited manufacturing, shipbuilding and industrial sites, viewed the natural history collections of acquaintances and witnessed a court marital.
Subjects:
Cook, James, 1728-1779
Endeavour (ship)
Subjects:
Cook, James, 1728-1779
Endeavour (ship)
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