Travels in Peru and India - While Superintending Collection of Chinchona Plants Seeds in South

Klappentext First published in 1862, this is an account of the expedition that introduced quinine-yielding trees to India from Peru. Zusammenfassung By the mid-nineteenth century! the bark of the cinchona tree was widely sought after. It contained quinine! an effective malarial treatment much needed in tropical climates. However! it was indigenous only to Peru. This book! first published in 1862! tells the remarkable story behind the cinchona's introduction to India. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Travels in Peru: 1. Discovery of Peruvian Bark; 2. The valuable species of chinchona-trees, their history, their discoveries, and their forests; 3. Rapid destruction of chinchona-trees in South America; 4. Introduction of chinchona-plants into India; 5. Islay and Arequipa; 6. Journey across the Cordillera to Puno; 7. The Aymara Indians; 8. The Peruvian Indians; 9. Narrative of the insurrection of José Gabriel Tupac Amaru, the last of the Incas; 10. Diego Tupac Amaru; 11. Journey from Pumo to Crucero, the capital of Caravaya; 12. The Province of Caravaya; 13. Caravaya; 14. Coca cultivation; 15. Caravaya; 16. General remarks on the chinchona-plants of Caravaya; 17. Journey from the forests of Tambopata to the port of Islay; 18. Present condition and future prospects of Peru; 19. Mr. Spruce's expedition to procure plants and seeds of the 'red bark', or C. succirubra; 20. Conveyance of chinchona-plants and seeds from South America to India; Travels in India: 21. Malabar; 22. Neilgherry Hills; 23. Selection of sites for Chinchona-plantations on the Neilgherry Hills; 24. Journey to the Pulney Hills; 25. Madura and Trichinopoly; 26. Mysore and Coorg; 27. The Mahabaleshwur hills and the Deccan; 28. Cultivation of the chinchona-plants in the Neilgherry Hills, under the superintendence of Mr. McIvr; 29. Chinchona cultivation; Appendix.

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• Authors: Clements R. Markham, Clements R. Sir Markham, Clements Robert Markham, Sir Clements R. Markham
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.06.2012
• EAN: 9781108046718
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04671-8
• No. of pages: 618
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Peru, 20th Century, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, India, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Geographical discovery & exploration, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Asian History, Geographical discovery and exploration, HISTORY / Asia / South / India