Thorogood’s version of ‘up hill and down dale’ takes him over cliffs and up volcanoes – all in the pursuit of pitcher plants, irises, orchids… Illustrated by the author.
Chasing Plants: Journeys with a Botanist through Rainforests, Swamps and Mountains
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£25.00
Edition:Hardback978184246764015/09/2022From a Bookshelf nearby
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Its second subtitle is "an adventurous history of botany". JG is a scientist and an historian of exploration (his "The Rattlesnake: A Voyage of Discovery to the Coral Sea" was excellent).
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Essays on cultural and artistic exchange in the age of imperialism as European powers vied for domination of the oceanic routes between Asia and the Americas. Illustrated.
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In 1930 a (very) young British explorer led a small team to explore the eastern coast of Greenland - an unknown expanse, mysterious even to the Inuits.
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Space: The Human Story
Hardback £22.00