Captain Cook’s Daisy
New York Botanical Garden This dry out - out daisy ( Chiliotrichum amelloides Cass . ) might not look like much , but it evidence the account of one of chronicle ’s most ambitious journeys . It was collected by plant scientist Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander during Captain Cook ’s first ocean trip in 1769 . Though the goal of the ship Cook overtop , the HMSEndeavour , was primarily to document the passage of Venus from Tahiti , the ship also acted like a float skill research lab for more than bud uranologist ....