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Author:

Howell, Catherine Herbert.

Title:

Flora mirabilis : how plants have shaped world knowledge, health, wealth, and beauty / Catherine Herbert Howell ; foreword by Peter H. Raven.

Publisher:

National Geographic,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

255 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Botany--History.
Plant collecting--History.

Other Authors:

National Geographic Society (U.S.)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Origins, Prehistory-1450: Date palm -- Wheat -- Rice -- Olive. Discovery, 1450-1650: Black pepper -- Sugar cane -- Maize -- Citrus -- Tulip. Exploration, 1650-1770: Tobacco -- Tea -- Coffee -- Peppers -- Cinchona. Enlightenment, 1770-1840: Tomato -- Rose -- Grape -- Cotton -- Apple. Empire, 1840-1900: Cannabis -- Rubber -- Potato -- Opium -- Poppy -- Orchids. Science, 1900-present: Bamboo -- Yam -- Cacao.

Summary:

Combines the history of botanical exploration with more than 200 rare botanical illustrations, many never published in modern times.

ISBN:

1426205090
9781426205095

OCLC:

(OCoLC)303039726

LCCN:

2009019627

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)