The Collectors : Creating Hans Sloane's Extraordinary Herbarium
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0565094882
ISBN-13
9780565094881
Publisher
The Natural History Museum
Imprint
The Natural History Museum
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 27th, 2020
Print length
192 Pages
Weight
868 grams
Dimensions
18.30 x 23.70 x 2.90 cms
Product Classification:
Trees, wildflowers & plants
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This lavishly illustrated book reveals the lives of the people who assembled the greatest botanical collection of the Early Modern period, with stories of adventure and discovery across every continent. Sir Hans Sloane's herbarium, housed at the Natural History Museum in London, is probably the most extensive herbarium collection of its kind. It exemplifies the rich history of exploration and discovery in the period preceding Cook's voyages, and it remains of considerable scientific and historical value today. Assembled between the 1680s and 1750s, it comprises an estimated 120,000 pressed plant specimens. More than 300 people contributed to its development across more than 70 countries.
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