Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker: Traveller and Plant Colle [Hardcover]

Ray Desmond (Author)

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Publication Date: January 25, 2007

Sir Joseph Hooker is remembered as an eminent Victorian botanist and one of Charles Darwin's closest collaborators. Many gardeners and lovers of rhododendrons know of his plant collecting expedition in the Himalayas, but few are aware of his participation in Sir James Clark Ross' epic voyage to Antarctica in 1839-43, of his visits to Syria and Lebanon in 1860, to the Atlas Mountains in Morocco in 1871, and to the Rockies and California in 1877. At some risk to his own safety and health (he came close to drowning in the Antarctic Ocean and was imprisoned by the Rajah of Sikkim), he discovered many new species of plants and introduced a number of attractive flowers into British gardens. When Hooker encountered European species growing in the southern hemisphere he naturally wondered how they got there. He shared his theories on plant distribution and other topics of mutual interest with Darwin to whom he also sent scientific data acquired during his travels. He was a competent surveyor who produce

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• Hardcover: 250 pages
• Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist; 1 edition (January 25, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1851493050
• ISBN-13: 978-1851493050
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This review is from: Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker: Traveller and Plant Colle (Hardcover)

An in depth outline of the travel which under-pinned this remarkable man's cotribution to science- botany in particular. It is well writen and illustrated with a fine selection of early plant portraits and photographs