TY  - BOOK
AU  - O'Brien,Seamus
TI  - In the footsteps of Joseph Dalton Hooker : a Sikkim adventure
SN  - 9781842466568
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Royal Bontanic Gardens, Kew
PB  - Kew Publishing
KW  - Henry, Augustine, 1857-1930
KW  - Plant collectors
KW  - Ireland
KW  - Biography
KW  - Plant collecting
KW  - China
KW  - History
N1  - Intro; Contents; Patrons; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Maps; Chapter 1. A passage to India; Chapter 2. A sojourn at the hill station; Chapter 3. Ireland and India - the colonial era; Chapter 4. A pilgrimage to Darjeeling; Chapter 5. A pioneering adventure in east Nepal; Chapter 6. Meeting the Rajah; Chapter 7. Our Buddhist pilgrimage - the 'Via Sacra'; Chapter 8. To the snows of Kangchenjunga; Chapter 9. Into the Sikkim Himalaya; Chapter 10. Exploring the Lachen valley; Chapter 11. Confusion in the Zemu valley; Chapter 12. The Lachen valley; Chapter 13. The Lachung valley; Chapter 14. Our journeys through the Lachung valley; Chapter 15. A hostage crisis at Tumlong; Chapter 16. To Gangtok and Tumlong; Epilogue; Appendix 1. Hooker's Rhododendrons; Appendix 2. Joseph Hooker's Sikkim and Nepal plants; Appendix 3. Place names; Appendix 4. Select glossary; Appendix 5. Notes; Appendix 6. Select bibliography; Index to people and places; Index to plant and animal names
ER  -