Description
| Product ID: | 9781842466568 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | IT |
| Title: | In the Footsteps of Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Subtitle: | A Sikkim adventure |
| Authors: | Author: Seamus O'Brien |
| Page Count: | 304 |
| Subjects: | Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Trees, wildflowers & plants, Expeditions: popular accounts, Expeditions, India |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating In 1847 Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) embarked on an expedition to Sikkim in the eastern Himalaya, a region where he would discover a huge number of botanical treasures previouslyunknown to the West. Fascinating travelogue in the footsteps of the great scientist Joseph Dalton Hooker’s travels in SikkimThe author retraces the journey taken by Hooker in the mid-19th century, describing the contrast between the area then and nowWonderful celebration of an amazing adventure by one of history’s greatest scientistsFully illustrated throughout with historic and modern photography of the plants and habitatIncludes extracts from Hooker’s journals, as well as his sketches and maps |
| Imprint Name: | Kew Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Royal Botanic Gardens |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-11-01 |
