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Explorers' botanical notebook : in the footsteps of Theophrastus, Marco Polo, Linnaeus, Flinders, Darwin, Speke and Hooker /

This book follows the journey of over 80 pioneering botanists and the important findings and collections they have made. It includes each journey and routes taken with the help of maps and personal notes. Each story explains the complications and difficulties that each botanist had to overcome but t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thinard, Florence, 1962- (Author)
Other Authors: Fourie, Yannick (Photographer), Collishaw, Bob (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translation of: L'herbier des explorateurs : sur les traces de Théophraste, Jussieu, La Pérouse, Darwin, Livingstone, Monod.
Published: Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books, [2016]
Subjects:
Plant collectors > Biography.
Botanists > Biography.
Botany > History.
Botanists > Travel.
Scientific expeditions > History.
Herbaria.
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Summary:This book follows the journey of over 80 pioneering botanists and the important findings and collections they have made. It includes each journey and routes taken with the help of maps and personal notes. Each story explains the complications and difficulties that each botanist had to overcome but the many discoveries made along the way.
Physical Description:175 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 36 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-166) and index.
ISBN:9781770857636
177085763X