Sir Joseph Banks is best known for participating as naturalist in Cook's Endeavour voyage, but during the Nepoleonic Wars he was recognized as the leading British authority on Iceland and assumed a crucial political role as self-appointed protector.
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Sir Joseph Banks is best known for participating as naturalist in Cook's Endeavour voyage, but during the Nepoleonic Wars he was recognized as the leading British authority on Iceland and assumed a crucial political role as self-appointed protector.
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