Himalayan Journals - Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, Sikkim Nepal Himalayas, Khasia

Klappentext Sir Joseph Hooker's fascinating account of a botanical expedition to Northern India, Nepal and Tibet between 1847 and 1851. Zusammenfassung Sir Joseph Hooker (1817–1911) was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the nineteenth century. His journey to Northern India, the Himalayas, Nepal and Tibet was undertaken between 1847 and 1851 to collect some 7,000 specimens for the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Sunderbunds vegetation; 2. Doomree; 3. Ek-powa Ghat; 4. Leave Bhaugulpore; 5. View from Mr. Hodgon's of range of snowy mountains; 6. Excursion from Dorjiling to Great Rungeet; 7. Continue the ascent of Tonglo; 8. Difficulty in procuring leave to enter Sikkimi; 9. Leave Mywa; 10. Return from Wallanchoon pass; 11. Ascend to Nago mountain; 12. Yalloong valley; 13. Raklang pass; 14. Tassiding, view of and from; 15. Leave Yoksun for Kinchinjunga; 16. Ratong river below Mon Lepcha; 17. Dispatch collections.

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• Autori: Joseph Dalton Hooker
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 16.06.2011
• EAN: 9781108029353
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02935-3
• Pagine: 462
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture; Himalayan Journals 2 Volume Set
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Botanica; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, the Himalayas, Botany & plant sciences, Botany and plant sciences, Himalayas