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Having previously embarked on a collecting expedition to the
Pyrenees, backed by Sir William Hooker and George Bentham, the
botanist Richard Spruce (1817-93) travelled in 1849 to South
America, where he carried out unprecedented exploration among the
diverse flora across the northern part of the continent. After his
death, Spruce's writings on fifteen fruitful years of discovery
were edited as a labour of love by fellow naturalist Alfred Russel
Wallace (1823-1913), whom Spruce had met in Santarem. This
two-volume work, first published in 1908, includes many of the
author's exquisite illustrations. Showing the determination to
reach plants in almost inaccessible areas, Spruce collected
hundreds of species, many with medicinal properties, notably the
quinine-yielding cinchona tree, as well as the datura and coca
plants. Volume 1 contains Wallace's biographical introduction and a
list of Spruce's published works. The narrative includes discussion
of Para, Santarem, and the Negro and Orinoco rivers.
Having previously embarked on a collecting expedition to the
Pyrenees, backed by Sir William Hooker and George Bentham, the
botanist Richard Spruce (1817-93) travelled in 1849 to South
America, where he carried out unprecedented exploration among the
diverse flora across the northern part of the continent. After his
death, Spruce's writings on fifteen fruitful years of discovery
were edited as a labour of love by fellow naturalist Alfred Russel
Wallace (1823-1913), whom Spruce had met in Santarem. This
two-volume work, first published in 1908, includes many of the
author's exquisite illustrations. Showing the determination to
reach plants in almost inaccessible areas, Spruce collected
hundreds of species, many with medicinal properties, notably the
quinine-yielding cinchona tree, as well as the datura and coca
plants. Featuring four maps, Volume 2 includes discussion of the
Peruvian and Ecuadorian Andes and the cinchona forests of western
Chimborazo.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
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poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
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++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
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++++ Hepaticae Amazonicae Et Andinae Richard Spruce
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