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Fathers of Botany: The discovery of Chinese plants by European missionaries
Jane Kilpatrick
Fathers of Botany: The discovery of Chinese plants by European missionaries
Jane Kilpatrick
Focussing on the lives of four great French missionary botanists as well as a group of other French priests, Franciscan missionaries, and a single German Protestant pastor who all amassed significant plant collections, the author unearths a lost chapter of botanical history.
240 pages, illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | October 13, 2014 |
ISBN13 | 9781842465141 |
Publishers | Royal Botanic Gardens |
Pages | 240 |
Dimensions | 250 × 296 × 26 mm · 1.76 kg |