Musgrave, Toby & Will. An Empire of Plants. People and Plants that changed the World. 1st. Pub. Cassell. 2000
pp.192 with many fine illustrations. Fine copy in similar dw.
For over 300 years , plants have been at the heart of Europe’s trade and power. This book explores the stories of seven plants -tea, tobacco, sugar, opium, quinine, cotton and rubber. These plants changed the destinies of countries from America to China, India to Brazil.
£15.00 [Ref: 36403]