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The plant hunter's atlas : a world tour of botanical adventures, chance discoveries and strange specimens / Ambra Edwards.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Greenfinch, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781529410112
  • 1529410118
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 580.9 23
Contents:
Australia and the Pacific -- Asia -- Europe and the Mediterranean -- Africa and Madagascar -- North America and Mexico -- South America.
Summary: Circling the globe from Australia's Botany Bay to the Tibetan Plateau, from the deserts of Southern Africa to the jungles of Brazil, this books presents an incredible cast of characters -- dedicated researchers and reckless adventurers, physicians, lovers and thieves. Meet dauntless Scots explorer David Douglas and visionary Prussian thinker Alexander von Humboldt, the 'Green Samurai' Mikinori Ogisu and the interpid 17th century entomologist Maria Sibylla Merian -- the first woman known to have made a living from science. Beautifully illustrated with over 100 botanical artworks from the archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, this absorbing book tells the stories of how plants have travelled across the world -- from the missions of the Pharaohs right up to 21st century seed-banks and the many new and endangered species being named every year.--From back cover.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book State Botanical Collection RBG 581.09 PLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Issued 06/03/2024 RBG00026238

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Australia and the Pacific -- Asia -- Europe and the Mediterranean -- Africa and Madagascar -- North America and Mexico -- South America.

Circling the globe from Australia's Botany Bay to the Tibetan Plateau, from the deserts of Southern Africa to the jungles of Brazil, this books presents an incredible cast of characters -- dedicated researchers and reckless adventurers, physicians, lovers and thieves. Meet dauntless Scots explorer David Douglas and visionary Prussian thinker Alexander von Humboldt, the 'Green Samurai' Mikinori Ogisu and the interpid 17th century entomologist Maria Sibylla Merian -- the first woman known to have made a living from science. Beautifully illustrated with over 100 botanical artworks from the archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, this absorbing book tells the stories of how plants have travelled across the world -- from the missions of the Pharaohs right up to 21st century seed-banks and the many new and endangered species being named every year.--From back cover.

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