Botanical Exploration Southern AfricaThis text gives biographical accounts of the leading plant collectors and their activities in Southern Africa from the days of the East India Company until modern times. |
Contents
VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY | 1 |
EARLY BOTANICAL COLLECTIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS | 9 |
SETTLEMENT AT THE CAPE 23 | 23 |
THE VAN DER STEL PERIOD 32 | 32 |
THE TULBAGH PERIOD 55 | 55 |
LITERATURE REFERRED TO IN PART I 72 | 72 |
APPENDIX 388 | 388 |
MAP 394 | 394 |
Common terms and phrases
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