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Author:
Gribbin, Mary.
Title:
Flower hunters / Mary Gribbin & John Gribbin.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
x, 332 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Botanists--Biography.
Plant collectors--Biography.
Plant collecting--History.
Other Authors:
Gribbin, John R.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-316) and index.
Contents:
Index. Introduction -- Prologue : John Ray (1627-1705) -- 9. Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) -- 2. Joseph Banks (1743-1820) -- 3. Francis Masson (1741-1805) and Carl Peter Thunberg (1742-1828) -- 4. David Douglas (1799-1834) -- 5. William Lobb (1809-1864) and Thomas Lobb (1817-1894) -- 6. Robert Fortune (1812-1880) -- 7. Marianne North (1830-1890) -- 8. Richard Spruce (1817-1893) -- 9. Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) -- Notes -- Sources and further reading -- Index.
ISBN:
0192807188
9780192807182
LCCN:
2007050221
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
GCPC771 -- Mitchellville Public Library (Mitchellville)
UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

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