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Robert Fortune

Robert Fortune (16 September 1812 – 13 April 1880) was a Scottish botanist, plant hunter and traveller, best known for introducing around 250 new ornamental plants, mainly from China, but also Japan, into the gardens of Britain, Australia, and North America. He also played a role in the development of the tea industry in India in the 19th century. Provided by Wikipedia

A Residence among the Chinese: Inland, on the Coast, and at Sea : Being a Narrative of Scenes and Adventures during a third Visit to China, from 1853 to 1856. Including Notices of many natural Productions and Works Art, the Culture of Silk. With Suggestions on the present War. With Illustrations / by Robert Fortune

Participants: Fortune, Robert 1813-1880 [ VerfasserIn ]
Published: 1857

Links: Volltext // 2010 digitalisiert von: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München. Exemplar der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek mit der Signatur: It.sing. 364 hd; Volltext

Yedo and Peking : A narrative of a journey to the capitals of Japan and China. With notices of the natural productions, agriculture, horticulture, and trade of those countries, and other things met with by the way / by Robert Fortune

Participants: Fortune, Robert 1813-1880 [ VerfasserIn ]
Published: 1863

Robert Fortunes Wanderungen in China während der Jahre 1843-1845 : nebst dessen Reisen in die Theegegenden China's und Indiens 1848-1851 ; Mit Kupfern und Karten / Aus dem Englischen uebersetzt von Dr. Julius Theodor Zenker

Participants: Fortune, Robert 1813-1880 [ VerfasserIn ]; Druckerei C. G. Naumann [ DruckerIn ]; Naumann, Carl Gustav 1799-1862 [ DruckerIn ]; Zenker, Julius Theodor 1811-1884 [ ÜbersetzerIn ]; Druckerei C. G. Naumann [ DruckerIn ]; ...
Published: 1854

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