Souki to Introduce Pot Legalization Bill |

The Marijuana Policy Project and the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii issued a press release Friday saying HB 150 will be introduced by House Speaker Joseph Souki (D-8) of Maui. . . . → Read More: Souki to Introduce Pot Legalization Bill |

Celebrate our threatened species

One can only marvel at what was going through the mind of Captain James Cook's botanist, Joseph Banks, when he first set foot on Australian soil. The young explorer would have marvelled at Australia's astounding collection … . . . → Read More: Celebrate our threatened species

Happy 156th Birthday Christchurch City… – Kiwipete

On February 16, 1770, Captain James Cook in his ship the Endeavour first sighted the Canterbury peninsula. He thought it was an island and named it Banks Island after the ship's botanist, Joseph Banks . . . → Read More: Happy 156th Birthday Christchurch City… – Kiwipete

PaperArtsy: 1792 ephemera and a {fishy} story….spooky

The writing on the invoice on the top half of this plate is stunning. it is actually for feathers ordered from a London haberdashery/milliner by the well known botanist, Joseph Banks, who accompanied Captain James Cook on … . . . → Read More: PaperArtsy: 1792 ephemera and a {fishy} story….spooky

PaperArtsy: 1792 ephemera and a {fishy} story….spooky

The writing on the invoice on the top half of this plate is stunning. it is actually for feathers ordered from a London haberdashery/milliner by the well known botanist, Joseph Banks, who accompanied Captain James Cook on … . . . → Read More: PaperArtsy: 1792 ephemera and a {fishy} story….spooky

70th Annual Show – Roos & District Horticultural Society | HU12 Online

The medal is named after Joseph Banks who was one of the founders of the RHS and also sailed with Captain James Cook on HMS Endeavour. Charity, Craft and Table Top Stalls are available from 2pm with the show … . . . → Read More: 70th Annual Show – Roos & District Horticultural Society | HU12 Online

Kōrero kākahu: Rain Capes « Te Papa's Blog

Botanist Joseph Banks who accompanied Captain James Cook on his first voyage to New Zealand observed of pākē that “every strip of leaf becomes…a kind of gutter which serves to conduct the rain down.” Whakatipu (type … . . . → Read More: Kōrero kākahu: Rain Capes « Te Papa's Blog

Florez Nursery: Mood Indigo

The sakau plant, Piper methysticum, was named by father and son German naturalists, Johann and Georg Forster, who accompanied Captain James Cook on his second voyage to the South Pacific in 1772 after Joseph … . . . → Read More: Florez Nursery: Mood Indigo

Historical articles and illustrations » Blog Archive » Talented …

Their much rosier, much more hopeful view was based on the enthusiastic accounts of Sir Joseph Banks, the eminent naturalist, who had sailed to Australia with Captain James Cook seventeen years before. . . . → Read More: Historical articles and illustrations » Blog Archive » Talented …

UKauctionnews: Captain James Cook Discoveries In The Bonhams …

$40000-60000), obtained on Captain James Cook's third and final expedition to the Pacific Ocean in 1779-80. . . . → Read More: UKauctionnews: Captain James Cook Discoveries In The Bonhams …