Includes bibliographical references (p. 235) and index.
Contents:
Index. Introduction -- 25. Plants of the ancient and classical worlds : from the dawn of time to the 1450s -- 1. Timeless traditions -- 2. The Fertile Crescent -- 3. Ancient Egypt -- 4. Ancient India -- 5. Mesoamerican and Andean civilisations -- 6. Mediterranean civilisations -- 7. The Silk Road to Cathay and beyond -- 8. The rise of Islam -- 9. The Renaissance -- pt. 2. The great age of maritime exploration : from the 1450s to the 1750s -- 10. Empire building in the Golden Age -- 11. The New World -- 12. Imperial tales of the Near East -- 13. Exploring the Far East -- 14. European colonisation of the Americas -- 15. The Cape unveiled -- 16. Taking stock -- pt. 3. Scientific imperialism and exotic botany : from the 1750s to the 1900s -- 17. The reach of empire -- 18. New Holland and the South Pacific -- 19. Erica-mania -- 20. Anglo-India and the Dutch East Indies -- 21. North America's western frontier -- 22. Central and South America -- 23. Piercing the Oriental armour -- 24. Commerce and the insatiable taste for novelty -- pt. 4. Living fossils : the 1900s and beyond -- 25. Wollemi dreaming -- Notes on sources -- Select bibliography -- List of illustrations -- Index.
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