Unravels the hidden histories of plants that sustained empires, from sugar and cotton to tea and opium Real-life adventures of planters, traders and smugglers by authors of the highly successful The Plant Hunters (over 12,000 copies sold in hardback) Exciting, vivid stories which bring a new and original perspective to the rise and fall of nations, peoples and empires Illustrated with dramatic contemporary photographs, beautiful botanical drawings, paintings and cartoons
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Illustrationen
40 colour and 30 b&w illustrations, index
Maße
Höhe: 255 mm
Breite: 198 mm
Dicke: 19 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-304-35443-6 (9780304354436)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
The seeds of wealth; tobacco - "that tawny weed"; cutting the cane; the kings of cotton; the fume of poppies; the tea transfer; the quest for quinine; riches from rubber; epilogue.
