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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker: Traveller and Plant Collector
by Raymond Desmond
- BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
- 1999
- HARD COVER
- 286 PAGES
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A marvelously illustrated biography of the Victorian explorer and botanist featuring dozens of color and black-and-white photographs and engravings. In addition to plant collecting in the Himalayas, Hooker accompanied Sir James Clark Ross to the Antarctic (1839-1843), explored the Middle East and traveled to the American West. This handsome book, published in conjunction with an exhibition at Kew Gardens, includes excerpts from his "Himalayan Journals" along with many drawings, engravings and lithographs.
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