Himalayan Enchantment: An Anthology - Hardcover

Kingdon-Ward, Frank

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0906026229 ISBN 13: 9780906026229

Publisher: Serindia Publications, 1990

Synopsis

Himalayan Enchantment. an Anthology

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Synopsis

The last of the great plant hunters, Frank Kingdon-Ward undertook 25 major expeditions over a period of nearly 50 years, and collected and numbered more than 23,000 plants. English gardens are still enriched by the poppies, lilies, primulas, rhododendrons and many other plants that he introduced. Not only a plant hunter, he was also one of the greatest of all Himalayan explorers. He provided much of the existing knowledge on the flora, fauna, geology, climate and ethnology of this remote corner of the earth. This is the tangle of mountains where Assam, Burma, China and Tibet meet. Kingdon-Ward's chosen study was ecology, the relationship between living organisms, including human beings, and their environment. This anthology of his best writing balances the botanical side of Kingdon-Ward's activities with his interest in the geographical terrain where he worked, its birds, beasts, insects and its variegated inhabitants, not only Tibetan and Chinese, but also the hill tribes - Abors, Darus, Dulengs, Kachins, Lisus, Lutzus, Marus, Mishmis, Nungs and others - in whose life he took such an affectionate interest.

About this edition

• Publisher: Serindia Publications
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0906026229
• ISBN 13: 9780906026229
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Whitehead John