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Title:Himalayan Journals, 2 Volume Set : Notes of a Naturalist
Author:J D Hooker
ISBN:8185019827 : 9788185019826
Illustrations:illus
Format:Hardback
Size:155x230mm
Pages:894
Weight: 1.505 Kg.
Published:Natraj Publishers - September 2003
List Price: 45.95 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Botany & plant sciences: Himalayas


Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) is remembered as an eminent Victorian botanist and one of Charles Darwin's chief collaborators. Sir Hooker traversed the Central and Eastern Himalayas in 1848, a time when no traveller or naturalist, however bedazzled by its mystique, had ventured forth. These journals are much more than exhaustive notes of botanical interest, they are packed with appealing anecdotes and significant sociological insights, sprinkled with a pinch of humour.