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Flora mirabilis : how plants have shaped world knowledge, health, wealth, and beauty
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- Summary
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Combines the history of botanical exploration with more than 200 rare botanical illustrations, many never published in modern times.
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- Creator
- Catherine Herbert Howell ; foreword by Peter H. Raven
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2009]
- ©2009
- Physical Details
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- 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781426205095, 1426205090
- OCLC
- ocn303039726
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Origins, Prehistory-1450: Date palm -- Wheat -- Rice -- Olive. Discovery, 1450-1650: Black pepper -- Sugar cane -- Maize -- Citrus -- Tulip. Exploration, 1650-1770: Tobacco -- Tea -- Coffee -- Peppers -- Cinchona. Enlightenment, 1770-1840: Tomato -- Rose -- Grape -- Cotton -- Apple. Empire, 1840-1900: Cannabis -- Rubber -- Potato -- Opium -- Poppy -- Orchids. Science, 1900-present: Bamboo -- Yam -- Cacao