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Richard Spruce 1817-1893 Botanist and Explorer
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Richard Spruce 1817-1893 Botanist and Explorer
Contributors:
By (Author) M. R. D. Seaward
Edited by S. M. D. Fitzgerald
Publisher:
Royal Botanic Gardens
Imprint:
Kew Publishing
Publication Date:
1st September 1996
Country:
United Kingdom
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Botany and plant sciences
Dewey:
581.092
Physical Properties
Number of Pages:
359
Description
This highly illustrated book explores Richard Spruces outstanding contribution to Amazonian botany. He explored South America for 15 years, from Para in Brazil to the Andes of Ecuador and Peru, discovered thousands of plants new to science and amassed information on their uses from local people. His work is still of major importance to todays botanists studying the plants of the Amazon.
