Description
| Product ID: | 9781788165471 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Seaweed Collector's Handbook |
| Subtitle: | From Purple Laver to Peacock’s Tail |
| Authors: | Author: Miek Zwamborn, Michele Hutchison |
| Page Count: | 192 |
| Subjects: | Botany and plant sciences, Plant ecology, Sea life and the seashore: general interest, Gift books, Sea life & the seashore, Gift books, Oceans & seas |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A beautifully illustrated little book that will open your eyes. Seaweed is so familiar and yet its names - pepper dulse, sea lettuce, bladderwrack - are largely unknown to us. In this short, exquisitely illustrated portrait, the Dutch poet and artist Miek Zwamborn shares her discoveries of its history, culture and use, from the Neolithic people of the Orkney Islands to sushi artisans in modern Japan. Seaweed troubled Columbus on his voyages across the Atlantic, intrigued von Humboldt in the Sargasso Sea and inspired artists from Hokusai to Matisse. Covering seaweed''s collection by Victorians, its adoption into fashion and dance and its potential for combating climate change, and with a fabulous series of recipes based around the ''truffles of the sea'', this is a wonderful gift for every nature lover''s home. |
| Imprint Name: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-06-03 |
