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What was the name of the British botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to Australia?
Answer: Joseph Banks

Continent by continent art historian Judith Magee presents the remarkable works of artists and naturalists who helped to shape people's view of the natural world for over 300 years, from the seventeenth century to the twentieth. Entwined with some of the most significant and momentous events in the history of the natural sciences, the lives of these intrepid artists are often as colourful as the pictures they painted.

Drawing on the unrivalled collections of the Library of the Natural History Museum, the book features the work of many of the greatest natural history artists, from scientifically important drawings by naturalist William Bartram to stylistic masterpieces by celebrated bird artist John James Audubon. The beautiful artworks include images rarely seen by the general public and some that have never been published before, including those from the John Reeves collection of Chinese plants and animals and Martin Bernatz's drawings from Ethiopia in 1842.'