Botanical revelation: european encounters with australian plants before darwin
Auteur :
Mabberley, David J.
Éditeur :
NewSouth Publishing
ISBN :
9781742236476
Date de publication :
1 déc. 2019
Dimensions :
30,0 x 24,0 cm
Poids :
2830 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Australie
Provides an analysis of early European understanding of Australia's flora. Combining science, horticulture, art and economics, this lavishly illustrated book reveals the motives and complex networks that led to the spread of knowledge and cultivation of hundreds of Australian plants in Europe in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.