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The travels and publications of Joseph Hooker, author of the
"Himalayan Journals," are inextricably tied to British colonialism
and Empire-building. Travelling in his role as director of the Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, he collected about 7,000 species in India
and Nepal, added 25 new rhododendron species to Kew (creating a
rhododendron craze among British gardeners), and brought over
samples of both rubber and quinine from the Amazon. Hooker
dedicated these " Journals "to his close friend Charles Darwin.
Contents of this work--reprinted here in two parts--include many
pictures and foldout maps of the areas covered by his travels.
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Botany (Paperback)
Joseph Dalton Hooker
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R490
Discovery Miles 4 900
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Botany (Hardcover)
Joseph Dalton Hooker
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R832
Discovery Miles 8 320
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