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Himalayan Journals: Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, Etc.

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  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 2.7 cm

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For nature lovers and history enthusiasts alike

Captures the thrilling exploration of uncharted lands

You will gain insight into the flora of the Himalayas

Discover the breathtaking adventures of a 19th-century botanist in the Himalayas.

Sir Joseph Hooker (1817-1911) was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the nineteenth century. He succeeded his father, Sir William Jackson Hooker, as Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and was a close friend and supporter of Charles Darwin. His journey to the Himalayas and India was undertaken between 1847 and 1851 to collect plants for Kew, and his account, published in 1854, was dedicated to Darwin. Hooker collected some 7,000 species in India and Nepal, and carried out surveys and made maps which proved of economic and military importance to the British. He was arrested by the Rajah of Sikkim, but the British authorities secured his release by threatening to invade, and annexing part of the small kingdom. Volume 1 begins at his arrival in Calcutta, and follows his travels northward to Sikkim and Nepal via Bangalore and Darjeeling, and then on to Tibet.
Himalayan Journals: Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, Etc. and Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., K.B., P.R.S.: During Captain Cook's First Voyage in HMS Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra del Fuego, Ot
Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., K.B., P.R.S.: During Captain Cook's First Voyage in HMS Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra del Fuego, OtHimalayan Journals: Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, Etc.

  • Title

    Himalayan Journals: Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, Etc.

  • Author

    Joseph Dalton Hooker

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    June 2011

  • Weight

    582g

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 2.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9781108029353

  • ISBN-10

    1108029353

  • Eden Code

    5030429

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