1H. B. Carter, "Sir Joseph Banks and the Royal Society," in R. E. R. Banks et al. ( eds. ), Sir Joseph Banks : A Global Penpective( Kew: The Royal Botanic Gardens, 1994.p8.
2R. E. R. Banks et al. ( eds. ), Sir Joseph Banks : A Global Perspective.H. B.Carter, "Sir Joseph Banks and the Royal Society".
3Fa-ti Fan. British Naturalists in Qing China : Science, Empire, and Cultural Encounter (Cambridge,Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004).
4John Duncan to Banks, 18 January 1784, Canton, BM. Add. MS. 33977. 258.
5Alexander Duncan to Banks, 23 January 1791, Canton, BM. Add. MS. 33979.14.
6Alexander Duncan to Banks, 6 December 1788, Canton, BM. Add. MS. 33978. 211-212.
7Alexander Duncan to Banks, 12 December 1789, Canton, BM.Add. MS. 33978.276-279.
8Alexander Duncan to Banks, 23 January 1790, Canton, Add. MS. 33979.14; 8 February 1790, Canton, BM. Add. MS. 33979. 15-16.
9Banks to William Kerr, 18 April 1803, Soho Square, DTC, Vol. 14, ff. 61-68.
10William Kerr to Banks, 3 March 1804, Canton, BM. Add. MS. 33981. 137.
5Theodore N. Foss, The European Sojourn of Philippe Couplet and Michael Shen Fuzong, 1683-1692, in Jerome Heyndrickx (ed.), Philippe Couplet, S.J. (1623-1693): The Man Who Brought China to Europe,Institut Monumenta Serica, Sankt Augustin and Ferdinand Verbiest Foundation, Louvain, 1990, pp. 121-142;另参见韩琦《17-18世纪欧洲和中国的科学关系--以英国皇家学会和在华耶稣会士的交流为例》,黄时鉴主编《东西交流论谭》,上海文艺出版社,1998年,第141-165页,第142-146页讲及沈在牛津的经历.
6胡可说是个悲剧性的人物,他在1772年被一个耶稣会神父从广州带到巴黎,原来答应为该神父整理中国图书,后来因为行为举止让当地人难以理解,被看成发了疯而遭监禁在疯人院里达两年半之久.见Jonathan D.Spence,The Question of Hu,New York,Alfred A.Knopf,1988年.
9Mdtailid, G. 'Sir Joseph Banks: An Asian Policy?' [A], Banks, R., Elliott, B. (Eds). Sir Joseph Banks: A Global Perspective [C]. Kew: the Royal Botanic Gardens, 1994.
10Chambers, N. The Letters of Sir Joseph Banks: A Selection, 1768-1820[Z]. London: Imperial College Press, 2000.
