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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A revisionist account by the distinguished historian, which argues that Magellan was less of a hero and more of a treacherous, irresponsible, tyrannical adventurer.
Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan
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An entrancing book of Stone's C18th ornithological watercolours, derived from the discoveries of Cook and others.
Sarah Stone’s Unseen Worlds
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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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The life of the botanist and explorer; a new addition to the 'Little People Big Dreams' series. Ages 6-8.
Alexander von Humboldt
Hardback £9.99