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Recollections of a Happy Life, Being the Autobiography of Marianne North
by Marianne North
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- 1994
- PAPER
- 400 PAGES
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An account of the tropical journeys of 19th-century British botanist and painter Marianne North, who traveled widely through the Caribbean, Brazil , South Africa and the Indian Ocean. A contemporary of Charles Darwin (who encouraged her to travel to Australia), North now has paintings on permanent display at Kew gardens.
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