The Thief at the End of the World: Rubber, Power and the obsessions of Henry Wickham - Joe Jackson - Libros - Duckworth Books - 9780715637944 - 21 de agosto de 2009
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The Thief at the End of the World: Rubber, Power and the obsessions of Henry Wickham

Joe Jackson

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The Thief at the End of the World: Rubber, Power and the obsessions of Henry Wickham

In 1876, a man named Henry Wickham smuggled seventy thousand rubber tree seeds out of the rain forests of Brazil and delivered them to Victorian England's most prestigious scientists at Kew Gardens. This title presents the story of how Wickham got his hands on those seeds - a sought-after prize for many suffered and died - is the stuff of legend.


432 pages, Illustrations, ports.

Medios de comunicación Libros     Paperback Book   (Libro con tapa blanda y lomo encolado)
Publicado 21 de agosto de 2009
ISBN13 9780715637944
Editores Duckworth Books
Páginas 432
Dimensiones 131 × 195 × 30 mm   ·   292 g
Lengua English  

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