The collector : David Douglas and the natural history of the Northwest / Jack Nisbet.

The story of David Douglas, the premier botanical explorer in the Pacific Northwest and other areas of western North America. Douglas' discoveries include hundreds of western plants--most notably the Douglas Fir. The Collector tracks Douglas, from his humble birth in Scotland in 1799 to his botanic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nisbet, Jack, 1949-
Language:English
Published: Seattle, WA : [New York, N.Y.] : Sasquatch Books ; Distributed by PGW/Perseus, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:
Douglas, David, > 1799-1834.
Botanists > Scotland > Biography.
Naturalists > Scotland > Biography.
Botany > Northwest, Pacific > History > 19th century.
Natural history > Northwest, Pacific.
Scientific expeditions > Northwest, Pacific > History > 19th century.
Northwest, Pacific > Description and travel.
Canada > Description and travel.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xiii, 290 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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