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

by Florence Thinard

"The greatest pleasure of naturalists (understated by certain utilitarians) is to discover new species, to point to new islands on the map of nature, and to populate continents that seem to be deserts" -- Richard Spruce, 1851

This splendid book traces the journeys of more than 80 pioneering botanists who explored the unknown world and collected thousands of unusual plants. Many were celebrated at home in Europe and England. Others...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 177085763X
• ISBN13: 9781770857636
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.6" x 13.5"