Robert Fortune : a plant hunter in the Orient / Alistair Watt ; foreword by Professor David Mabberley AM.

This is the first full biography of the great Scottish plant collector Robert Fortune, famous for working in China and Japan from 1843 until 1861. This detailed presentation of his life includes an extensive analysis of his travels, plant collections and introductions, including the first maps ever...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Watt, Alistair (Author)
Corporate Author:	Mabberley, D. J. (author of foreward.)
Language:	English
Published:	Kew, Richmond, Surrey : Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2017.
Subjects:	Fortune, Robert, > 1813-1880. East India Company. Plant collectors > Biography. Plant collecting > China > History. Plant collecting > Japan > History. Zoological specimens > Collection and preservation > China. Plant collecting. Plant collectors. Zoological specimens > Collection and preservation. China. Japan. History.
Genre:	Biography. History.
Physical Description:	xxi, 410 pages : color illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm
Format:	Book

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