Plant Hunters. The Adventures of the World's Greatest Botanical Explorers. 2009. Many col. figs. 64 p. plus many folding and removable inserts. Hardcover. - In Box.

Beautifully illustrated with images from Kew's archives The Plant Hunters tells the story of our perennial obsession with plants. Fromthe seeds, nuts and berries found in Tutankhamun's tomb to Alexander the Great's entourage of naturalists, the travellers along the Silk and Spice Routes and the establishment of physic gardens, this intriguing tale moves across the world and covers all manner of plants.The Plant Hunters is an interactive book containing rare and removable facsimile documents of historical importance, including a letter written by Carl Linnaeus, an extract from the inventory of the Tradescant family, gardeners to King Charles 1, extracts from the notebooks of Joseph Hooker, a record of the breadfruit transported by HMS Bounty, an extract from the orchid sketchbook of John Day - and extracts from the ancient Herballs of Gerarde and Culpeper.