In the footsteps of Joseph Dalton Hooker : a Sikkim adventure / Seamus O'Brien.

In 1847 Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) embarked on an expedition to Sikkim in the eastern Hmalaya, where he would discover a huge number of botanical treasures previously unknown in the West. A scientist of breathtaking abiity, Hooker became one of the greatest botanists and explorers of the 19th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	O'Brien, Seamus, 1970- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Richmond : Kew Publishing, 2018.
Subjects:	Hooker, Joseph Dalton, > 1817-1911 > Travel. Hooker, Joseph Dalton, > 1817-1911. Botanists > Great Britain > Biography. Plant collectors > India > Sikkim > History. Plant collecting > India > Sikkim > History. Botany > India > Sikkim > History. Sikkim (India) > Description and travel. Botanists. Botany. Plant collecting. Plant collectors. Travel. Great Britain. India > Sikkim. History.
Genre:	Biography. History.
Physical Description:	xix, 323 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm
Format:	Book

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