Dragon's Brain Perfume - An Historical Geography of Camphor

Camphor - origin, distribution, disposal, use - is here examined in the wider context of Old World "aromata," Evidence is drawn from an extensive range of sources in natural and cultural history. Fifteen original maps, twenty-eight other illustrations, and extensive bibliography.

About the author

R.A. Donkin, Ph.D. (1953) Durham, Litt.D. (1993) Cambridge, is Emeritus Reader in Historical Geography and Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. He has published extensively in the field of historical geography, most recently Pearls and Pearl-fishing; Origins to the Age of Discoveries (American Philosophical Society, 1998).

Product details

• Authors: Donkin, R a Donkin
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.01.1999
• EAN: 9789004109834
• ISBN: 978-90-04-10983-4
• No. of pages: 308
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 233 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 726 g
• Series: Brill's Indological Library
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies