Joseph Banks and the Endeavour Australian Collections (1768–1771)

1. Endeavour expedition departs Plymouth with Banks

   Aug 25, 1768Labels: HMB Endeavour, Joseph Banks

   • Cook Society
   • NLA Banks

2. Endeavour reaches Tahiti for Venus observations

   Apr 13, 1769Labels: Tahiti, Joseph Banks

   • RGSSA
   • RGSSA Cook

3. Transit of Venus observed at Tahiti

   Jun 3, 1769Labels: Transit of, Tahiti

   • New Yorker
   • Britannica

4. First sighting of Australia on east coast

   Apr 19, 1770Labels: East coast, Joseph Banks

   • NMA Journal
   • AustGeo

5. Endeavour anchors in Botany Bay

   Apr 29, 1770Labels: Botany Bay, Joseph Banks

   • DCCEEW
   • NMA April

6. Banks collects along Endeavour River repairs

   Jun 16, 1770Labels: Endeavour River, Sydney Parkinson

   • Cook Voyage
   • Cook Society

7. Cook claims possession at Possession Island

   Aug 22, 1770Labels: Possession Island, James Cook

   • Inside Story
   • Cook Journal

8. Banks begins large-scale Florilegium engraving project

   Jan 1, 1771Labels: Banks Florilegium, Joseph Banks

   • NMA After
   • MSU

9. Sydney Parkinson dies after Batavia illness

   Jan 26, 1771Labels: Sydney Parkinson, Batavia

   • ADB
   • RGSSA

10. Endeavour returns to England; collections arrive

    Jul 12, 1771Labels: The Downs, Joseph Banks

    • Cook Society
    • PRM Oxford

11. Engraving work on Banks’ Florilegium stalls

    Jan 1, 1784Labels: Banks Florilegium, engraving

    • MSU
    • Florilegium

12. Complete color Banks’ Florilegium issued in parts

    Jan 1, 1980Labels: Banks Florilegium, Natural History

    • MSU
    • Florilegium