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02348nam a22003138a 4500 001 B33A24EE82AB11DE820800E8A7D7520A 003 SILO 005 20090806125823 008 080528r20082007enkabc b 001 0 eng 020 $a 1848220103 (pbk.) 020 $a 9781848220102 (pbk.) 040 $a UKM $c UKM $d SILO $d BTCTA $d BAKER $d IOE $d SILO 050 $a QK5 $b .A38 2008 082 04 $a 580.9 $2 22 100 1 $a Aitken, Richard. 245 1 $a Botanical riches : $b stories of botanical exploration / $c Richard Aitken. 260 $a Burlington, VT : $b Lund Humphries, $c 2008. 300 $a xi, 243 p. : $b ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; $c 33 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 235) and index. 505 00 $t Index. $t Introduction -- $g 25. $t Plants of the ancient and classical worlds : from the dawn of time to the 1450s -- $g 1. $t Timeless traditions -- $g 2. The $t Fertile Crescent -- $g 3. $t Ancient Egypt -- $g 4. $t Ancient India -- $g 5. $t Mesoamerican and Andean civilisations -- $g 6. $t Mediterranean civilisations -- $g 7. The $t Silk Road to Cathay and beyond -- $g 8. The $t rise of Islam -- $g 9. The $t Renaissance -- $g pt. 2. The $t great age of maritime exploration : from the 1450s to the 1750s -- $g 10. $t Empire building in the Golden Age -- $g 11. The $t New World -- $g 12. $t Imperial tales of the Near East -- $g 13. $t Exploring the Far East -- $g 14. $t European colonisation of the Americas -- $g 15. The $t Cape unveiled -- $g 16. $t Taking stock -- $g pt. 3. $t Scientific imperialism and exotic botany : from the 1750s to the 1900s -- $g 17. The $t reach of empire -- $g 18. $t New Holland and the South Pacific -- $g 19. $t Erica-mania -- $g 20. $t Anglo-India and the Dutch East Indies -- $g 21. $t North America's western frontier -- $g 22. $t Central and South America -- $g 23. $t Piercing the Oriental armour -- $g 24. $t Commerce and the insatiable taste for novelty -- $g pt. 4. $t Living fossils : the 1900s and beyond -- $g 25. $t Wollemi dreaming -- $t Notes on sources -- $t Select bibliography -- $t List of illustrations -- $t Index. 650 0 $a Botany $x History. 650 0 $a Plant collectors $x History. 650 0 $a Plant collecting $x History. 650 0 $a Scientific expeditions $x History. 650 0 $a Botanical literature $x History. 941 $a 1 952 $l UTAX115 $d 20090806113132.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B33A24EE82AB11DE820800E8A7D7520A 994 $a 01 $b IOEInitiate Another SILO Locator Search