The Plant Hunters: True Stories of Their Daring Adventures to the Far Corners of the Earth
By Anita Silvey.
Description
Driven by an all-consuming passion, the plant hunters traveled around the world, facing challenges at every turn: tropical illnesses, extreme terrain, and dangerous animals. They battled piranhas, tigers, and vampire bats. Even the plants themselves could be lethal! But these intrepid eighteenth- and nineteenth-century explorers were determined to find and collect new and unusual specimens, no matter what the cost. Then they tried to transport the plants―and themselves―home alive. Creating an important legacy in science, medicine, and agriculture, the plant hunters still inspire the scienti...
ISBN(s)
0374309086, 9780374309084
