Robert Fortune: A Plant Hunter in the Orient
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (731 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1842466194 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 420 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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. He was an honorary research assistant of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne for a number of years and has organised and led plant hunting expeditions. Alistair Watt has been a semi-professional plant-hunter for more than twenty years, with travels ranging from Chile to New Caledonia and Fiji
Alistair Watt, a plant hunter himself, brings Fortune to life, showing us how he traveled in disguise in China, and clearing up some misconceptions about his role as a scout for a possible tea industry in the United States. . This is the first full biography of Fortune, and it uses substantial un-studied materials, detailing his travels, collections, and more, and featuring the first maps ever produced that track his collecting itineraries in China. Scottish plant collector Robert Fortune became famous among botanists for working and traveling in China and Japan from 1843 to 1861, a time when China forbade Europeans from traveling beyond the confines of a few coastal treaty ports. The result is a rounded portrait of an extraordinary man, his times, and his lasting contribution to horticultural knowledge
. About the AuthorAlistair Watt has been a semi-professional plant-hunter for more than twenty years, with travels ranging from Chile to New Caledonia and Fiji. He was an honorary research assistant of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne for a number of years and has organised and led plant hunting expeditions