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_d2018
100 1 _aO'Brien, Seamus
245 1 0 _aIn the footsteps of Joseph Dalton Hooker : a Sikkim adventure /
_cSeamus O'Brien.
260 _aRoyal Bontanic Gardens, Kew :
_bKew Publishing,
_c2018
300 _axix, 323 p.
505 _aIntro
_aContents
_aPatrons
_aForeword
_aPreface
_aAcknowledgements
_aMaps
_aChapter 1. A passage to India
_aChapter 2. A sojourn at the hill station
_aChapter 3. Ireland and India - the colonial era
_aChapter 4. A pilgrimage to Darjeeling
_aChapter 5. A pioneering adventure in east Nepal
_aChapter 6. Meeting the Rajah
_aChapter 7. Our Buddhist pilgrimage - the 'Via Sacra'
_aChapter 8. To the snows of Kangchenjunga
_aChapter 9. Into the Sikkim Himalaya
_aChapter 10. Exploring the Lachen valley
_aChapter 11. Confusion in the Zemu valley
_aChapter 12. The Lachen valley
_aChapter 13. The Lachung valley
_aChapter 14. Our journeys through the Lachung valley
_aChapter 15. A hostage crisis at Tumlong
_aChapter 16. To Gangtok and Tumlong
_aEpilogue
_aAppendix 1. Hooker's Rhododendrons
_aAppendix 2. Joseph Hooker's Sikkim and Nepal plants
_aAppendix 3. Place names
_aAppendix 4. Select glossary
_aAppendix 5. Notes
_aAppendix 6. Select bibliography
_aIndex to people and places
_aIndex to plant and animal names
650 4 _aHenry, Augustine, 1857-1930.
650 4 _aPlant collectors
_xIreland
_xBiography.
650 4 _aPlant collecting
_xChina
_xHistory.
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