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|a 1426205090 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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|a 9781426205095 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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|a QK15
|b .H695 2009
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|a Howell, Catherine Herbert ,
|e author
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|a Flora mirabilis :
|b how plants have shaped world knowledge, health, wealth, and beauty
|c Catherine Herbert Howell ; foreword by Peter H. Raven
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|a Washington, D.C. :
|b National Geographic ,
|c 2009
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|a 255 p. :
|b ill. (chiefly col.), map ;
|c 26 cm.
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|a Includes bibliographical references and index
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|a 1. Origins -- 2. Discovery -- 3. Exploration -- 4. Enlightenment -- 5. Empire -- 6. Science
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|a Combines the history of botanical exploration with more than 200 rare botanical illustrations, many never published in modern times.
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|a Botany
|x History
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|a Plant collecting
|x History
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|a National Geographic Society (U.S.)
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|a 1000134678
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|c OPEN SHELF (30 DAYS)
|e Tembila Campus
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