The Plant Hunters: Two Hundred Years of Adventure and Discovery Around the World
Musgrave, Toby; Gardner, Chris; Musgrave, Will
Language: English
Published by Ward Lock Ltd, 1999
- Hardcover
- Used
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- Title
- The Plant Hunters: Two Hundred Years of Adventure and Discovery Around the World
- Author
- Musgrave, Toby; Gardner, Chris; Musgrave, Will
- Publisher
- Ward Lock Ltd
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0706377532
- ISBN 13
- 9780706377538
- Item weight
- 26 ounces
- Dimensions
- 8x1x10
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Review
The Plant Hunters offers an extraordinary look into the lives of the men who travelled the world in search of plants and seeds to document and send back to Britain. From the early travels of Sir Joseph Banks, who sailed with Captain Cook and the Endeavour in 1768, to the more recent adventures of Frank Kingdon- Ward in the early 1900s, this book tells the tales of these brave and dedicated botanists who spent years in often unfavourable conditions in order to gather specimens. The plants that they categorised, lovingly drew and documented, were at their time all new and very different from those found in Europe. Many of these have now become garden standards such as lilies, orchids, rhododendrons and many varieties of fir and conifers.
The stories of these men's lives follow the advancement of British culture from the early settling of Australia to the opening of trade with and the colonisation of China and the Far East. This fascinating, well-documented and well-written book will be of interest to anyone with an interest in gardening, botany, or history.
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