Explorers' botanical notebook : in the footsteps of Theophrastus, Marco Polo, Linnaeus, Flinders, Darwin, Speke and Hooker / text, Florence Thinard ; photographs, Yannick Fourie.

Author: Thinard, Florence, 1962- author.

Imprint:Buffalo, New York : Firefly Books, 2016.

Description175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 36 x 23 cm

Note:"A Firefly book."

Note:Translation of: L'herbier des explorateurs : sur les traces de Théophraste, Jussieu, La Pérouse, Darwin, Livingstone, Monod.

Note:Introduction. Voyages to plants unknown -- Portraits of the botanical explorers.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-166) and index.

Note:"This book follows the journey of over 80 pioneering botanists and the important findings and collections they have made. It includes each journey and routes taken with the help of maps and personal notes. Each story explains the complications and difficulties that each botanist had to overcome but the many discoveries made along the way."-- Provided by publisher.

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