Botanical Revelation

European Encounters with Australian Plants Before Darwin

David Mabberley

Description

David Mabberley provides a ground-breaking analysis of early European understanding of Australia's flora.

Combining science, horticulture, art and economics, this lavishly illustrated book – with many never-before-published images – reveals the motives and complex networks that led to the international spread of knowledge and cultivation of hundreds of Australian plants in Europe in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The book documents a revolutionary phase in the understanding of Australia's flora and science more generally.

Details

  • Format
    Hardback
  • Pages
    384
  • Size
    300 x 240mm
  • Publisher
    New South
  • ISBN
    9781742236476
Stock Code
191028
Our Price
$89.99
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