Sydney Parkinson

Sydney Parkinson (1745 - January 1771) was a Scottish botanical illustrator and natural history artist. // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1. ... Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines. ...

Parkinson was employed by Joseph Banks to travel with him on James Cook's first voyage to the Pacific in 1768. Parkinson made nearly a thousand drawings of plants and animals on the voyage. He had to work in difficult conditions, living and working in a small cabin surrounded by hundreds of specimens. In Tahiti he was plagued by swarms of flies which ate the paint as he worked. He died at sea from Malaria and dysentery contracted at Batavia, on the way to Cape Town. Joseph Banks Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, PRS (February 13, 1743 – June 19, 1820) was an English naturalist and botanist. ... James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. ... For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ... Map of French Polynesia Map of Tahiti and Moorea Tahiti is the largest island of French Polynesia, this is not true located in the archipelago of Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean at . ... Look up Batavia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... , City motto: Spes Bona (Latin: Good Hope) Location of the City of Cape Town in Western Cape Province Province Western Cape Mayor Helen Zille Area  - % water 2,499 km² N/A Population  - Total (2004)  - Density Ranked 100th 2,893,251 1,158/km² Established 1652 Time zone SAST (UTC+2...

Parkinson is commemorated in the common and scientific name of the Parkinson's Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni.

The following are some examples of Parkinson's artistic work:

References

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• Birds - The Art of Ornithology, Jonathan Elphick (2004) ISBN 1-902686-39-X

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External links

• Parkinson's posthumously published Journal, 1773, online at the National Library of Australia