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Bright Paradise: Victorian Scientific Travellers Peter Raby
Bright Paradise: Victorian Scientific Travellers
Peter Raby
' 'Peter Raby's book follows a disparate crew of botanists, scientists and collectors, who tried to order the earthly paradise which unfolded around them. Entrepreneurs they may have been - many were dependent on selling their specimens to finance their trips-but they were also scrupulous and sensitive observers.
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