The Plant Hunters
True Stories of Their Daring Adventures to the Far Corners of the Earth
Driven by an all-consuming passion, the plant hunters traveled around the world, facing challenges at every turn: tropical illnesses, extreme terrain, and dangerous animals. They battled piranhas, tigers, and vampire bats. Even the plants themselves could be lethal! But these intrepid eighteenth- and nineteenth-century explorers were determined to find and collect new and unusual specimens, no matter what the cost. Then they tried to transport the plants-and themselves-home alive. Creating an important legacy in science, medicine, and agriculture, the plant hunters still inspire the scientific and environmental work of contemporary plant enth…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4668-9529-4
- EAN: 9781466895294
- Produktnummer: 22457330
- Verlag: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 96 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 13'412 KB
- Abbildungen: Full color art
- Sonstiges: Ab 8 - 12 J.
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Anita Silvey
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