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Fathers of botany : the discovery of Chinese plants by European missionaries / Jane Kilpatrick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kilpatrick, Jane, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Botanists--France--Biography.
- Botanists.
- Botany--China--History--19th century.
- Botany.
- Plants--China.
- Plants.
- History.
- China.
- France.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 254 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- A dangerous vocation
- The open door
- North of the Great Wall
- Land of the white bear
- The Qinling
- A botanical Eden
- The riches of Yunnan
- Our dear project
- Convalescence and return
- A most interesting flora
- Interesting specimens
- North of the Qinling
- The Tibetan borders
- A devoted and indefatigable collector
- The flower garden of the world
- Rebellion
- Final years.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780226206707
- 022620670X
- 9781842465141
- 1842465147
- 1842465902
- 9781842465905
- OCLC:
- 878667679
- Publisher Number:
- 99961950000
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