The Plant Hunters: Great Botanist Explorers and the Plants They Sought
by Tyler Whittle

Slime pits, bribery, jaguars, murder. What would drive someone through such risks merely to find new plants? From Queen Hatshepsut's expedition to the land of Punt in 1482 B.C., to the botanical explorations of Pliny, Linnaeus, Sir Joseph Banks, and Nathaniel Ward, The Plant Hunters details what they brought back and why. Tyler Whittle has written a fascinating collection filled with adventure and scientific discovery.

"I am tempted to ask whether men are in their right minds who so desperately risk life and everything else through their love of collecting plants."
--Linnaeus

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