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Botanical riches: stories of botanical exploration

Botanical riches: stories of botanical exploration
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ISBN 1848220103 (pbk.)
9781848220102 (pbk.)
Author Aitken, Richard
Title Botanical riches : stories of botanical exploration / [by] Richard Aitken
Publisher Aldershot, UK ; Burlington, VT : Lund Humphries, 2008
Physical desc. xi, 243 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 33 cm.
Note Originally published: Melbourne : Miegunyah Press, in association with the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, 2006.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents Introduction -- Pt. 1: Plants of the ancient and classical worlds: from the dawn of time to the 1450s. Timeless traditions -- The Fertile Crescent -- Ancient Egypt -- Ancient India -- Mesoamerican and Andean civilisations -- Mediterranean civilisations -- The Silk Road to Cathay and beyond -- The rise of Islam -- The Renaissance -- Pt. 2: The great age of maritime exploration: from the 1450s to the 1750s. Empire building in the Golden Age -- The New World -- Imperial tales of the Near East -- Exploring the Far East -- European colonisation of the Americas -- The Cape unveiled -- Taking stock -- Pt. 3: Scientific imperialism and exotic botany: from the 1750s to the 1900s. The reach of empire -- New Holland and the South Pacific -- Erica-mania -- Anglo-India and the Dutch East Indies -- North America's western frontier -- Central and South America -- Piercing the Oriental armour -- Commerce and the insatiable taste for novelty -- Pt. 4: Living fossils: the 1900s and beyond. Wollemi dreaming.
Subject Botany -- History
Botany -- Bibliography
Botanical illustration
Botanical literature
Plant collecting -- History
Plant collectors -- History
Plants in art
Flowers in art
Herbals
Scientific expeditions -- History
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