{"product_id":"himalayan-journals-or-notes-of-a-naturalist-in-bengal-the-sikkim-and-nepal-himalayas-the-khasia-mountains-etc-paperback-9781108029353","title":"Himalayan Journals; Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, etc. (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108029353","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHimalayan Journals\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOr, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, etc.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSir Joseph Hooker's fascinating account of a botanical expedition to Northern India, Nepal and Tibet between 1847 and 1851.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoseph Dalton Hooker (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108029353, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e462 pages, 51 b\/w illus.  2 maps\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.6 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSir Joseph Hooker (1817–1911) was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the nineteenth century. He succeeded his father, Sir William Jackson Hooker, as Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and was a close friend and supporter of Charles Darwin. His journey to the Himalayas and India was undertaken between 1847 and 1851 to collect plants for Kew, and his account, published in 1854, was dedicated to Darwin. Hooker collected some 7,000 species in India and Nepal, and carried out surveys and made maps which proved of economic and military importance to the British. He was arrested by the Rajah of Sikkim, but the British authorities secured his release by threatening to invade, and annexing part of the small kingdom. Volume 1 begins at his arrival in Calcutta, and follows his travels northward to Sikkim and Nepal via Bangalore and Darjeeling, and then on to Tibet.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Sunderbunds vegetation\u003cbr\u003e 2. Doomree\u003cbr\u003e 3. Ek-powa Ghat\u003cbr\u003e 4. Leave Bhaugulpore\u003cbr\u003e 5. View from Mr. Hodgon's of range of snowy mountains\u003cbr\u003e 6. Excursion from Dorjiling to Great Rungeet\u003cbr\u003e 7. Continue the ascent of Tonglo\u003cbr\u003e 8. Difficulty in procuring leave to enter Sikkimi\u003cbr\u003e 9. Leave Mywa\u003cbr\u003e 10. Return from Wallanchoon pass\u003cbr\u003e 11. Ascend to Nago mountain\u003cbr\u003e 12. Yalloong valley\u003cbr\u003e 13. Raklang pass\u003cbr\u003e 14. Tassiding, view of and from\u003cbr\u003e 15. Leave Yoksun for Kinchinjunga\u003cbr\u003e 16. Ratong river below Mon Lepcha\u003cbr\u003e 17. Dispatch collections.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Botany \u0026amp; plant sciences [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Botany \u0026amp; plant sciences\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Botany%20\u0026amp;%20plant%20sciences%20%5BPST%5D%22\"\u003ePST\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266019545368,"sku":"9781108029353","price":37.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108029353i.jpg?v=1694873542","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/himalayan-journals-or-notes-of-a-naturalist-in-bengal-the-sikkim-and-nepal-himalayas-the-khasia-mountains-etc-paperback-9781108029353","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}