2. Sir Joseph Banks was a very busy person (traveller, animal and plant breeder). He loved the outsides of course!!!! But the job he loved the most was being a scientific promoter. He collected plants, toured western England. He was one of the few people who where invited by the James Cook himself to join him on his first exploration, was supervising plants from all over the world. He became president of the Royal Society. He became one of the most successful members of the scientific community, encouraged and administered the introduction of Merino sheep into England!!!! Banks used his considerable power and influence kindly. During the dark years when the English government was exclusively worried about surviving the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, Banks came between his government and Napoleon's to protect scientists. WOW!!!! THAT’S A LOT IN ONLY 77 YEARS!!!!

3. The Royal Society is group of people who help and encourage science and technology in schools, industry and society. “We administer several funds for science and technology, publish science journals, offer advice to Government, and foster international scientific contact and co-operation.” They say. In 1766 Sir Joseph Banks was elected to be a member of this club and in 1778 became president of the Royal Society. He held that position till his death in 1820(42 years in that position).

4. Joseph was born on the 13th of February 1743 (same year as the Battle of Dettingen) in Britain. Unfortunately he died at age 77 on the 19 June 1820. Which leads on to the Battle of Dettingen.......Battle of Dettingen

5. Born to William Banks (father) and Sarah Bates (mother), a very rich family living in London, England. Sir Joseph Banks also had a little sister, Sarah Sophia Banks. In 1779 Joseph married Dorothea Hugesson (1758-1828). They had no children. That is all known about his family. One of his closest friends was Captain James Cook. As he was one of the main accompanists on the first voyage to the South Pacific.

6. The first voyage of James Cook was combined of Royal Navy and Royal Society members, going to the south Pacific ocean all aboard the Endeavour. They were on this voyage from 1768 to 1771 (2 and ½ years). The goals of the expedition were to observe the 1769 transit of Venus across the Sun, and to find proof of the doubting of existence Terra Australis Incognita ("unknown southern land.”) This voyage was ordered by King George III and in charge was Deputy James Cook, with a lot of talent for cartography and maths. Starting in Plymouth in August 1768, they travelled pass the Atlantic, Cape Horn and got to Tahiti just in time to see the transit of Venus.Endeavourtransit of Venus across the Sun They then got heading into the non-mapped ocean. Stopping at the Pacific islands (Huahine, Borabora and Raiatea) wanting to make them apart of Great Britain. Failing to land at Rurutu.Rurutu

7. The expedition came to New Zealand in September 1769. They became the second group of Europeans 127 years to land in New Zealand, as our country was earlier discovered by Abel Tasman. The next six months putting the NZ coast on the map. By April 1770, they reached the east coast of Australia being the first Europeans to ever visit. Arriving on a shore known as Botany Bay. They then travelled north along the Australian coastline, very close to the shipwreck on the Great Barrier Reef. The Endeavour got badly damaged in October 1770 came into a port in Batavia in the Dutch East Indies, her crew sworn to secrecy about the lands they had discovered. They resumed their journey on 26 December, rounded the Cape of Good Hope on 13 March 1771. Their trip ended as they pulled in at the English port of Deal on 12 July.

8. The Royal Society and a man called Alexander Dalrymple were certain that the south island we all know today has to exists and knew that the best way to prove it and claim it for Britain was by going on James Cook’s famous mission. Although he had a few personal voices in the back of his head that was doubting the existence. They met a man called Tupaia who is Tahitian. Tupaia knew heaps about the Pacific especially for Pacific geography. Reaching New Zealand on the 6th October 1769. James started to map the whole of the New Zealand coasts. He made a few mistakes. As he said what we call Banks Peninsula is an island, also thinking Stewart Island (used to be known as Rakiura) was part of the South Island. BUT they saw Cook Strait, Abel Tasman hadn’t seen that.Alexander DalrympleTahitianBanks Peninsula Cook Strait

9. There are not many challenges or struggles, the only one I could find was when The Endeavour got very badly damaged and there is not much information about it. It happened when the boat started floating out in a reef. When the damage happened, they were told to lighten the boat and so they threw out all the guns and drinking water. The buoys were attached to the guns in case they needed to receive them later.

10. Plants (genus), Peninsulas, and others are all named after him. One of the most famous is Banks Peninsula. Captain James Cook named it, as him and the crew were the first to see it.

11. That not everything is exposed to the world yet. There are many plants and animals yet to be discovered. That friendship and teamwork you always need if you want success. You need to take risks to go far in life, not everything is done by the word please. You have to sacrifice things to be a famous explorer, like having children, and spending lots of time with your wife. That you CAN keep grounded even if you live with lots and lots of wealth.

12. Endeavour - The ship that Captain Cook and the crew sailed on for their first voyage (originally named Earl of Pembroke). Transit of Venus – When Venus moves in-between the us and the sun. When we see a small black dot on the side of the sun, that’s Venus. Rurutu – an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

13. Alexander Dalrymple – A man who was a Scottish Geographer and Part of the crew on the Endeavour. Tahiti – It is the biggest island of the French Polynesians. Lots of people go to visit the black sand beaches. Banks Peninsula - A peninsula on the coast in the middle of the south island on the right. It is named after Sir Joseph Banks. Cook Strait – A strait right in-between the North and South islands of NZ. It also puts together the Tasman sea and the South Pacific Ocean (TS – west, SPO – east). It is named after James Cook.

14. Thanks to; http://www.josephbanks.co.nz/#joseph-banks http://www.britishbattles.com/battle_of_dettingen.htm http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_is_sir_joseph_banks_family http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/banks_sir_joseph.shtml http://oldlostsea.blogspot.com/2011/01/joseph-banks-in-newfoundland- and.htmlhttp://oldlostsea.blogspot.com/2011/01/joseph-banks-in-newfoundland-and.html http://oldlostsea.blogspot.com/2011/01/joseph-banks-in-newfoundland- and.htmlhttp://oldlostsea.blogspot.com/2011/01/joseph-banks-in-newfoundland-and.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_voyage_of_James_Cook http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/organisation/about/who/ http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=commanded&rls=com.microsoft:en- GB:{referrer:source?}&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GGIE_en&redir_esc=&ei=n- QjTrCONfD3mAWWy-S1Aw#hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en- GB:%7Breferrer:source%3F%7D&rlz=1I7GGIE_en&q=rurutu&tbs=dfn:1&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=k- cjTvz0A7HRmAWWxdG- Aw&sqi=2&ved=0CBYQkQ4&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=98c6b9df4421e683&biw=1280&bih=699 http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=commanded&rls=com.microsoft:en- GB:{referrer:source?}&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GGIE_en&redir_esc=&ei=n- QjTrCONfD3mAWWy-S1Aw#hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en- GB:%7Breferrer:source%3F%7D&rlz=1I7GGIE_en&q=rurutu&tbs=dfn:1&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=k- cjTvz0A7HRmAWWxdG- Aw&sqi=2&ved=0CBYQkQ4&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=98c6b9df4421e683&biw=1280&bih=699

15. And Also; http://www.captaincooksociety.com/ccsu72.htm http://www.transitofvenus.org/ http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?hl=en&xhr=t&q=where+is+rurutu&cp=9 &pq=where+is+%C2%A0rurutu&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1280&bih=6 99&bs=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?hl=en&xhr=t&q=where+is+rurutu&cp=9 &pq=where+is+%C2%A0rurutu&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1280&bih=6 99&bs=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Dalrymple http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahiti http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banks_Peninsula http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Endeavour#Shipwreck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_voyage_of_James_Cook#New_Zealand

16. The battle of Dettingen started when France got jealous of Austrian’s Succession. So from that moment onwards they both hated each other. The battle started in the year 1743 on the 27th of June. King George ll along with his British men and the Hanoverians joined in but on the Austrian’s side. Together they formed an army (Pragmatic Army). The battle was fought in the South West of Germany on the North bank of Latin Moenus, the main river (around 70 miles East of Frankfurt and 3 miles West of Aschaffenburg). The French on the south bank began the battle, making fires across the river. Even though the French army had around 20,000 more men than the Pragmatic Army (70,000 French), the French still lost!!!!