by Mary Gribbin, John Gribbin · OUP Oxford · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780199561827
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«Flower Hunters» is the history-of-botany essay by Mary Gribbin and John Gribbin, published by OUP Oxford in paperback (320 pages, in English).
Eleven explorers risked their lives between the 17th century and the late 19th, traveling through jungles and remote regions in search of unknown plants. The book recounts their expeditions and shows how discoveries such as the Douglas fir, the monkey puzzle, orchids and azaleas helped found botany and changed Western gardens and science.
2009 reprint of the work originally published in 2008.
For readers interested in the history of botany, scientific exploration and the lives of adventurous figures.
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