The Plant Hunters: True Stories of Their Daring Adventures to the Far Corners of the Earth
- ISBN-10
- 0374309086
- ISBN-13
- 9780374309084
- Series
- The Plant Hunters
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 97
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-04-10
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Anita Silvey
Description
Presents the experiences and contributions of early adventurers, explorers, and scientists responsible for discovering and documenting new types of plants, showing how their often dangerous voyages help establish the field of botany.
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- 2017-08-01
- 160 pages
- Paperback
- André Deutsch
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