plant collecting

Watercolor illustrations and essays help explore the history and significance of more than two dozen plants collected by Lewis and Clark on their 1806 expedition.

Presents a discussion of the role of plants in health, wealth, beauty, and the shaping of knowledge in the world from prehistory through the twenty-first century, with over two hundred illustrations and various historical anecdotes about plants such as rice, cannabis, and tobacco.

Tigers, drowning, fever, and murder: in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, explorers and scientists risked their lives searching for new and unusual plants.

Uses photographs, text, and excerpts from historical journals to describe the different plants and flowers seen by members of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Describes the journey of Lewis and Clark through the western United States, focusing on the plants they cataloged, their uses for food and medicine, and the plant lore of Native American people.