Fern specimen (1769) dried, pressed, mounted and labelled.
Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Published 24 September 2010 Size: 470 KB Referencing Hub media

Banks and Solander collected numerous New Zealand plant specimens. Like the silver fern specimen seen here, these were dried, pressed, mounted and labelled.

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    Sir Joseph Banks

    Sir Joseph Banks (1743–1820) was a wealthy amateur botanist who joined James Cook on his voyage on the Endeavour to the South Pacific. This was Cook’s first voyage, leaving England in 1768 and ...

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