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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Online Access:	Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author:	Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir, 1830-1916 (Author)
Other title:	Travels in Peru & India
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2012. New York : Cambridge University Press,
Series:	Cambridge library collection.
Subjects:	Peru > Description and travel. Cinchona. India > Description and travel. Travel. India. Peru.