Author: William RoxburghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Flora Indica Or Descriptions of Indian Plants. To which are Added Descriptions of Plants ... by Nathaniel Wallich
Author: William RoxburghThe Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768–1820, Volume 8
Author: Neil ChambersPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000558452
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Following his participation in James Cook's circumnavigation in HMS Endeavour (1768-71), Joseph Banks developed an extensive global network of scientists and explorers. His correspondence shows how he developed effective working links with the British Admiralty and with the generation of naval officers who sailed after Cook.
Nathaniel Wallich
Author: Martin KriegerPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000782999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
In March 1807, Nathaniel Wallich, a young Danish surgeon left his home in Copenhagen towards India. During the troubles of the Napoleonic Wars, it was not possible to foresee, that he was to emerge as one of the most prominent nineteenth century botanists. Wallich spent most of his adulthood in India and, as the long-time superintendent of the Calcutta Botanic Garden, gained extensive expertise on Indian flora. A truly global communication network emerged from his desk facing the River Hooghly, reaching out to eminent specialists as well as amateur researchers long forgotten today. He conducted research trips to Nepal, as well as to South East Asia and may be perceived as one of the founding fathers of tea production in Assam. This book is based on the enormous correspondence of Wallich, preserved in libraries across Calcutta, London, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Munich and many other places. It aims to approach a long career marked by biographical ruptures and contradictions, but at the same time by continuity. It furthermore explains the tight links between supposedly neutral botanical studies and the emergence of British colonial power in India.
Catalogue
Author: Calcutta (India). Imperial libraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Subject-index to the author-catalogue. 1908-10. 2 v
Author: Imperial Library, CalcuttaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Author: Arnold Arboretum. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University: Serial publications - Authors and titles
Author: Arnold Arboretum. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
Catalogue of Periodical Literature, Journals and Transactions of Learned Societies, Issues from Government and Private Presses, Collections
Author: Bernard QuaritchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Catalogue of Works on Natural History, Physics, Mathematics, and Other Sciences
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
General Catalogue
Author: Bernard QuaritchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description