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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)
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