Travels in Peru and India : while superintending the collection of chinchona plants and seeds in South America, and their introduction into India / Clements R. Markham.
Sir Clements Robert Markham (1830-1916) had a lifelong interest in Peru. Having already travelled there in his early twenties, he was commissioned to return ten years later to supervise the collection of sufficient specimens of the cinchona tree for its introduction to India. The bark of the tree yi...
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| Other title: | Travels in Peru & India |
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| Language: | English |
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2012.
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