Book ID: CBB018701206

Botanical Revelation: European Encounters with Australian Plants Before Darwin (2020)

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Mabberley, David J. (Author)


NewSouth Books


Publication Date: 2020
Physical Details: 384
Language: English

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. Based on the superb Peter Crossing Collection, Botanical Revelation documents a revolutionary phase in the understanding of Australia’s flora and science more generally.

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Review A. M. Lucas (2020) Review of "Botanical Revelation: European Encounters with Australian Plants Before Darwin". Archives of Natural History (pp. 419-420). unapi

Review Philip Bertling (2020) Review of "Botanical Revelation: European Encounters with Australian Plants Before Darwin". Historical Records of Australian Science (pp. 170-171). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Nelson, E. Charles
Moore, D. T.
Hickman, Clare
LaBouff, Nicole
Smith, Elise Lawton
Page, Judith W
Concepts
Botany
Horticulture
Natural history
Gardens
Economic botany; plant cultivation; horticulture
Travel; exploration
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
20th century, early
17th century
Places
Australia
Great Britain
United States
New South Wales (Australia)
Scotland
North America
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