Herman Spöring Jr.
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Herman Diedrich Spöring Jr. was a Finnish explorer, draughtsman, botanist and a naturalist.
Landing of Captain Cook at Botany Bay, 1770, by E. Phillips Fox
Drawing by Spöring
Engraving of Spöring's Arch (1769)
Spörings Arch / Te Puta-O-Paretauhinu (or what remains in 2020) Simpsons Beach / Wharekaho New Zealand / Aotearoa
Joseph Banks
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Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences.
Portrait of Joseph Banks by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1773
A 1757 portrait of Banks with a botanical illustration, unknown artist, but attributed to Lemuel Francis Abbott or Johann Zoffany
Satire on Banks titled "The Botanic Macaroni", by Matthew Darly, 1772: A macaroni was a pejorative term used for a follower of exaggerated continental fashion in the 18th century.
Portrait of Joseph Banks by Benjamin West, 1772