Explorers' Botanical Notebook In the Footsteps of Theophrastus, Marco Polo, Linnaeus, Flinders, Darwin, Speke and Hooker

Florence Thinard (author), Yannick Fourie (photographer), Barb Collishaw (translator)

Hardback (24 Nov 2016)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This text traces the journeys of more than 60 pioneering botanists who explored the unknown world and collected thousands of unusual plants. Many were celebrated at home in Europe and England. Others were working in obscurity to fulfill their own desires and obsessions. But every one of these explorers made important finds, collecting and preserving unique and valuable plants and often establishing them in cultivation back in their homelands.

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Firefly Books

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ISBN:	9781770857636
Publisher:	Firefly Books
Imprint:	Firefly Books
Pub date:	24 Nov 2016
DEWEY:	580.922
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	175
Weight:	1182g
Height:	346mm
Width:	223mm
Spine width:	19mm