B.
Sir Joseph Banks
Behind the scenes
...was born this day in 1743
A lot of places have been named after the botanist on Cook's first expedition, viz:
Banks Strait, Tasmania
Bankstown, Sydney:
Banks Island (singular), Canada
Banks Islands (plural) in Vanuatu
The Sir Joseph Banks building at Kew
Not to mention the Banksia:
and of course our very own Peninsula, here depicted in all its pulsating, rhythmic glory by Doris Lusk:
Doris Lusk Okains Bay, Banks Peninsula 1949
Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Wwiwhetu; bequest of John Cleaver, 2013