Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China

Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China
Author: Robert Fortune
Publisher:
Total Pages: 480
Release: 1847
Genre: History
ISBN:

Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China : Including a Visit to the Tea, Silk, And Cotton Countries: With an Account of the Agriculture of the Chinese, New Plants, Etc by Robert Fortune, first published in 1847, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China

Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China
Author: Robert Fortune
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2012-08-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 110804591X

This is an important description of little-known parts of China by the botanist and plant hunter Robert Fortune (1812-80), who visited China to collect ornamental and useful plants, especially tea. In this 1847 publication, Fortune also describes the people and customs of these remote areas.

Catalogue

Catalogue
Author: Calcutta (India). Imperial library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 568
Release: 1908
Genre: India
ISBN:

Classed List

Classed List
Author: Princeton University. Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 496
Release: 1920
Genre: Classified catalogs
ISBN:

CRC World Dictionary of Grasses

CRC World Dictionary of Grasses
Author: Umberto Quattrocchi
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 2402
Release: 2006-04-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1420003224

2008 NOMINEE The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Annual Award for a Significant Work in Botanical or Horticultural Literature now we have easier and better access to grass data than ever before in human history. That is a marked step forward. Congratulazioni Professor Quattrocchi!-Daniel F. Austin, writing in Economic Botany &n