February 24, 2022 Joseph Banks, Steve Jobs, Joseph Rock, Claudia Roden's Mediterranean by Claudia Roden, and Mary Eleanor Bowes

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1743 Birth of Joseph Banks (books about this person), English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences.

Joseph is best known for his study of Australian flora and fauna as the botanist on board the Endeavor with Captain James Cook.

Before returning to England, Cook worried the Endeavor wouldn't make it around the Cape of Good Hope.

In a fateful decision, Cook brought the ship to Batavia, a Dutch…