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title: Sir Joseph Banks
author: National Portrait Gallery
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15078/sir-joseph-banks/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Sir Joseph Banks
_Authored by National Portrait Gallery_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15078.jpg)
## Image Caption
English naturalist and botanist, Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820). He sailed on Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768–1771), visiting Brazil, Tahiti, New Zealand, and Australia, returning to immediate fame in [Britain](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Britain/). Banks was a strong advocate for the British settlement in New South Wales and colonisation of Australia, and a supporter of [Matthew Flinders](https://www.worldhistory.org/Matthew_Flinders/) (1774-1814), British navigator and cartographer.
Portrait painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) c. 1771-1773.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Gallery, N. P. (2021, December 31). Sir Joseph Banks. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Gallery, National Portrait. "Sir Joseph Banks." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 31, 2021. .
### MLA
Gallery, National Portrait. "Sir Joseph Banks." *World History Encyclopedia*, 31 Dec 2021, .
## License & Copyright
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