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The Brother Gardeners
Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession
Langbeschreibung
One January morning in 1734, cloth merchant Peter Collinson hurried down to the docks at London's Custom House to collect cargo just arrived from John Bartram in the American colonies. But it was not bales of cotton that awaited him, but plants and seeds. Set against the backdrop of the emerging empire and the uncharted world beyond, "The Brother Gardeners" tells the story how Britain became a nation of gardeners.
Hauptbeschreibung
One January morning in 1734, cloth merchant Peter Collinson hurried down to the docks at London's Custom House to collect cargo just arrived from John Bartram in the American colonies. But it was not bales of cotton that awaited him, but plants and seeds.
Autor*in:
Andrea Wulf
Art:
Kartoniert
Sprache :
Englisch
ISBN-13:
9780099502371
Verlag:
Random House Book Group Ltd.
Erscheinungsdatum:
05.02.2009
Erscheinungsjahr:
2009
Maße:
19.8x13x1.9 cm
Seiten:
356
Gewicht:
283 g