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Nathaniel Wallich - Global Botany in Nineteenth Century India (Hardcover)
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Nathaniel Wallich - Global Botany in Nineteenth Century India (Hardcover)
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In March 1807, Nathaniel Wallich, a young Danish surgeon left his
home in Copenhagen towards India. During the troubles of the
Napoleonic Wars, it was not possible to foresee, that he was to
emerge as one of the most prominent nineteenth century botanists.
Wallich spent most of his adulthood in India and, as the long-time
superintendent of the Calcutta Botanic Garden, gained extensive
expertise on Indian flora. A truly global communication network
emerged from his desk facing the River Hooghly, reaching out to
eminent specialists as well as amateur researchers long forgotten
today. He conducted research trips to Nepal, as well as to South
East Asia and may be perceived as one of the founding fathers of
tea production in Assam. This book is based on the enormous
correspondence of Wallich, preserved in libraries across Calcutta,
London, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Munich and many other places. It aims
to approach a long career marked by biographical ruptures and
contradictions, but at the same time by continuity. It furthermore
explains the tight links between supposedly neutral botanical
studies and the emergence of British colonial power in India.
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