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The Plant Hunter

Author : Cassandra Leah Quave
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1984879138
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book The Plant Hunter written by Cassandra Leah Quave and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The uplifting, adventure-filled memoir of one groundbreaking scientist’s quest to develop new ways to fight illness and disease through the healing powers of plants. “A fascinating and deeply personal journey.” —Amy Stewart, author of Wicked Plants and The Drunken Botanist Traveling by canoe, ATV, mule, airboat, and on foot, Dr. Cassandra Quave has conducted field research everywhere from the flooded forests of the remote Amazon to the isolated mountaintops in Albania and Kosovo—all in search of natural compounds, long-known to traditional healers, that could help save us all from the looming crisis of untreatable superbugs. Dr. Quave is a leading medical ethnobotanist—someone who identifies and studies plants that may be able to treat antimicrobial resistance and other threatening illnesses—helping to provide clues for the next generation of advanced medicines. And as a person born with multiple congenital defects of her skeletal system, she's done it all with just one leg. In The Plant Hunter, Dr. Quave weaves together science, botany, and memoir to tell us the extraordinary story of her own journey.

The Plant Hunters

Author : Carolyn Fry
Publisher : Andre Deutsch
ISBN 13 : 9780233005164
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Plant Hunters written by Carolyn Fry and published by Andre Deutsch. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel across the world and through history to meet the botanical pioneers who changed our landscape. Plant Hunters tells the story of our obsession with all things that grow--both for their beauty and their economic potential--and the creation of botanical gardens to cultivate them. This sumptuous, intriguing volume moves from East to West and back again, introducing the botanists, explorers, and empire builders who gathered plants such as the coconut tree, roses, and numerous fruits and vegetables to bring back home. Showcasing hundreds of breathtaking illustrations and historical documents, it examines the species we now take for granted and the plants that have enriched and impoverished nations.

The Plant Hunters

Author : Anita Silvey
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1466895292
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book The Plant Hunters written by Anita Silvey and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 scientific and environmental work of contemporary plant enthusiasts. Working from primary sources—journals, letters, and notes from the field—Anita Silvey introduces us to these daring adventurers and scientists. She takes readers into the heart of their expeditions to then-uncharted places such as the Amazon basin, China, and India. As she brings a colorful cast of characters to life, she shows what motivated these Indiana Jones–type heroes. In The Plant Hunters, science, history, and adventure have been interwoven to tell a largely forgotten—yet fascinating—story.

Fruits of Eden

Author : Amanda Harris
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813059348
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Fruits of Eden written by Amanda Harris and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the nineteenth century—when most food in America was bland and brown and few people appreciated the economic potential of then-exotic foods—David Fairchild convinced the U.S. Department of Agriculture to finance overseas explorations to find and bring back foreign cultivars. Fairchild traveled to remote corners of the globe, searching for fruits, vegetables, and grains that could find a new home in American fields and in the American diet. In Fruits of Eden, Amanda Harris vividly recounts the exploits of Fairchild and his small band of adventurers and botanists as they traversed distant lands—Algeria, Baghdad, Cape Town, Hong Kong, Java, and Zanzibar—to return with new and exciting flavors. Their expeditions led to a renaissance not only at the dinner table but also in horticulture, providing diversity of crops for farmers across the country. Not everyone was supportive, however. The scientific community was concerned with invasive species, and World War I fanned the flames of xenophobia in Washington. Adversaries who believed Fairchild’s discoveries would contaminate the purity of native crops eventually shut down his program, but his legacy lives on in today’s modern kitchen, where navel oranges, Meyer lemons, honeydew melons, soybeans, and durum wheat are now standard.

The Plant Hunters

Author : Mayne Reid
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Plant Hunters written by Mayne Reid and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Plant Hunters

Author : Toby Musgrave
Publisher : Ward Lock Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780706377538
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (775 download)

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Download or read book The Plant Hunters written by Toby Musgrave and published by Ward Lock Limited. This book was released on 1998 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the men who discovered and brought back a wealth of exotic new plants. Journeying through remote and beautiful lands, often in great peril, they collected the plants that shaped western garden design for 200 years. The stories are illustrated with portraits, photographs and maps.

Plant Hunting

Author : Ernest Henry Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Plant Hunting written by Ernest Henry Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Modern Plant Hunters

Author : S. B. Primrose
Publisher : Pimpernel Press
ISBN 13 : 9781910258781
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book Modern Plant Hunters written by S. B. Primrose and published by Pimpernel Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only book to tell the stories of the modern plant hunters - and their breathtaking adventures.

Flower Hunters

Author : Mary Gribbin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0192807188
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book Flower Hunters written by Mary Gribbin and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carl Linnaeus - Joseph Banks - Francis Masson - Carl Peter Thunberg - David Douglas - William Lobb - Thomas Lobb - Robert Fortune - Marianne North - Richard Spruce - Joseph Dalton Hooker.

George Forrest

Author : Brenda McLean
Publisher : Antique Collectors Club Dist
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book George Forrest written by Brenda McLean and published by Antique Collectors Club Dist. This book was released on 2004 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book on Forrest for 50 years, this publication tells of the adventures of this legendary plant hunter.

The Plant-Hunter's Atlas

Author : Ambra Edwards
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1529410126
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (294 download)

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Download or read book The Plant-Hunter's Atlas written by Ambra Edwards and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RHS Staff Pick of the Year 2021 Spectator Gardening Book of the year 2021 'A refreshingly insightful history of plant introductions.' - Roy Lancaster Travel the world with extraordinary tales of the botanical discoveries that have shaped empires, built (and destroyed) economies, revolutionised medicine and advanced our understanding of science. Circling the globe from Australia's Botany Bay to the Tibetan plateau, from the deserts of Southern Africa to the jungles of Brazil, this book presents an incredible cast of characters - dedicated researchers and reckless adventurers, physicians, lovers and thieves. Meet dauntless Scots explorer David Douglas and visionary Prussian thinker Alexander von Humboldt, the 'Green Samurai' Mikinori Ogisu and the intrepid 17th century entomologist Maria Sibylla Merian - the first woman known to have made a living from science. Beautifully illustrated with over 100 botanical artworks from the archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, this absorbing book tells the stories of how plants have travelled across the world - from the missions of the Pharaohs right up to 21st century seed-banks and the many new and endangered species being named every year. *** THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW is a world-famous research organisation and a major international visitor attraction. It harnesses the power of its science, the rich diversity of its gardens and collections to unearth why plants and fungi matter to everyone. Its aspiration is to end the extinction crisis and help create a world where nature and biodiversity are protected, valued and managed sustainably.

The Plant Hunters

Author : Michael Sidney Tyler-Whittle
Publisher : Lyons Press
ISBN 13 : 9781558215924
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book The Plant Hunters written by Michael Sidney Tyler-Whittle and published by Lyons Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of the botanist explorers who enriched our gardens.

The Plant Hunter's Garden

Author : Bobby J. Ward
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
ISBN 13 : 9780881926965
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book The Plant Hunter's Garden written by Bobby J. Ward and published by Timber Press (OR). This book was released on 2004 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this exciting book, some of today's most prolific plant hunters choose the best treasures from their years of collecting. While providing interesting details on the lives and careers of these explorers, the real focus of the book is on the plants themselves — all sumptuously illustrated with stunning photos.

The Planthunter

Author : T. L. Mogford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781787399372
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book The Planthunter written by T. L. Mogford and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Bulb Hunter

Author : Chris Wiesinger
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623490022
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book The Bulb Hunter written by Chris Wiesinger and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-27 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dubbed the Bulb Hunter in a 2006 New York Times feature story, Chris Wiesinger took his passion for bulbs to vacant lots, abandoned houses, cemeteries, and construction sites throughout the South in search of botanical survivors whose descendants had never seen the inside of a big-box chain store. The vintage specimens Wiesinger sought came from hardy, historic stock, adapted to human neglect and hot climates, reappearing faithfully over decades without care or cultivation. Traveling back roads, speaking to strangers, looking for the telltale color of a remnant iris or lily, Wiesinger started digging, then began trying to grow and share the bulbs he collected. From its humble beginnings on an East Texas sweet potato farm, his Southern Bulb Company has now grown into a full-fledged business known throughout the world, propagating and selling the rare, tough, heritage plants Wiesinger still seeks out and champions. Nicknamed “Flower” by his fellow cadets at Texas A&M University, Wiesinger relates his adventures in bulb hunting, telling stories of the bulbs he has discovered and weaving in his own life story as a student, plantsman, and small business owner. He then teams with veteran horticulturist William C. Welch to provide advice on how to grow and appreciate the bulbs that have been rescued and reintroduced. This “primer” gives gardeners information on what bulbs to grow where, when to plant them and when they bloom, and how to incorporate them with other plants in the landscape. Finally, Welch describes how bulbs have enhanced his personal gardens and brought him and Wiesinger together in the common cause of heirloom gardening. Entertaining, informative, and loaded with beautiful photographs, The Bulb Hunter is sure to be a favorite of gardeners and plant lovers everywhere.

Frank Kingdon-Ward

Author : Charles Lyte
Publisher : J.Murray
ISBN 13 : 9780719547355
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Frank Kingdon-Ward written by Charles Lyte and published by J.Murray. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Frank N. Meyer, Plant Hunter in Asia

Author : Isabel Shipley Cunningham
Publisher : Iowa State Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Frank N. Meyer, Plant Hunter in Asia written by Isabel Shipley Cunningham and published by Iowa State Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For ten years Frank Nicholas Meyer traveled across the continent of Asia for the United States Department of Agriculture looking for useful plants and fulfilling his promise to 'skim the earth in search of things good for man.' Along the way through China, Siberia, Russia, and what was then Manchuria, Turkestan, and Mongolia he dealt with threatening robber brigands, wolf packs, revolutionary soldiers on the prowl, interpreters who refused to go on, carts that shattered on lonely mountainsides, inadequate food, poor shelter, and the vermin that infested Asian villages. Meyer concentrated on fruits, nuts, grains , and fodder crops. Entering China in 1905 near the dawn of the era when explorers could travel freely there, he searched primarily for economically useful plants rather than ornamentals - the first plant hunter to do so [...]"--