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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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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An entrancing book of Stone's C18th ornithological watercolours, derived from the discoveries of Cook and others.
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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.

