The Brother Gardeners: Botany Empire And Birth Of An Obsession Andrea Wulf Windmill Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

One January Morning In 1734 Cloth Merchant Peter Collinson Hurried Down To The Docks At London\ S Custom House Collect Cargo Just Arrived From John Bartram American Colonies But It Was Not Bales Of Cotton That Awaited Him Plants And Seeds Over Next Forty Years Would Send Hundreds Species England Where A Handful Men Who Foster National Obsession Change Gardens Britain Forever: Philip Miller Author Bestselling Gardeners Dictionary Swede Carl Linnaeus Whose Standardised Botanical Nomenclature Popularised Botany Botanist-Adventurer Joseph Banks His Colleague Daniel Solander Both Explored Strange Flora Tahiti Australia On Captain Cook\ Endeavour This Is Story These - Friends Rivals Enemies United By Passion For Set Against Backdrop Emerging Empire Uncharted World Beyond Brother Tells How Became Nation Σελίδες: 384 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm