Planting the World: Joseph Banks and His Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany Hupotasso Publications Shaper of cultures

Shaper of cultures

They embraced culture and the arts

a modernist poet and much-photographed beauty who traveled in pivotal international art circles

ISBN13: 9781632040695

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Planting the World: Joseph Banks and His Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany Hupotasso Publications Shaper of cultures'Based on meticulous research in original sources Goodman illustrates vividly how adept [Banks] was Shining a light on individuals whose achievements are relatively uncelebrated' Jenny Uglow, New York Review of Books A bold new history of how botany and global plant collecting centred at Kew Gardens and driven by Joseph Banks transformed the earth. Botany was the darling and the powerhouse of the eighteenth century. As European ships ventured across