 During this voyage, Banks and Solander collected nearly 30,000 dried specimens, eventually leading to the description of 110 new genera and 1300 new species, which increased the known flora of the world by 25 per cent.Banks' and Solander's specimens were studied aboard the "Endeavour" by the botanical illustrator Sydney Parkinson.He made 674 detailed drawings of each specimen with notes on their colour, and completed 269 watercolour illustrations before dying of dysentery after the "Endeavour" left Batavia.