Bitki Avcıları: Tarihin En Büyük Botanik Kâşiflerinin Maceraları

by Carolyn Fry, Orhan Küçüker (Çevirmen)

Bitki Avcıları – Tarihin En Büyük Botanik Kâşiflerinin Maceraları

Tarihsel Öneme Sahip Ender Tıpkıbasım Belgeler Eşliğinde

Tarih boyunca sürmüş büyük botanik keşiflerini ele alan Bitki Avcıları, Mısırlıların koleksiyonlarından, keşiflerin altın çağı olan 16. ve 19. yüzyıllar arasındaki seyahatlere ve modern zamanların bilim insanlarının gezilerine kadar bitkilerin bizimle olan tutkulu ilişkilerini anlatmaktadır. Londra’daki Kew Kraliyet Botanik Bahçeleri arşivlerinden alınmış yüzü aşkın etkileyici resmin yer verildiği bu ilgi çekici kitap, bitkilerin dünya üzerindeki yolculuklarını, yeni bitki keşiflerinin hayat kurtarmaya nasıl yardımcı olduğunu, bugün bile, yeni türlerin yüzlercesinin nasıl keşfedildiğini konu edinmektedir. Bitki Avcıları, okuyucunun zarflarından çıkarıp inceleyebileceği 10 adet tıpkıbasım belgeyle tüm bitki severlerin el altında bulundurması gereken bir kaynak niteliğinde.

Genres: Nonfiction, Plants, History, Science, Nature, Gardening, Natural History

63 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Metin Yılmaz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bu kadar kapsamlı bir çalışma ile karşılaşacağımı ummuyordum. Hem detaylı bir anlatım hem tarihi bilgiler hem de tıpkı basımlarla beraber eşsiz bir çalışma olmuş. Meraklıların kaçırmaması gereken koleksiyonluk eserlerden biri.

[Dave · Rating 4 out of 5]

If I was into plants when I was a kid this would have done numbers on my library card.

[Tuck · Rating 5 out of 5]

less than 100 pages, but has removable facs. of famous, and not so, explorers and artists noting their finds. this book is centered around kew garden, but goes through history of plants and art and taxonomy from about 4000 bc (egypt etc) to present day (Svalbard seed bank and jordanian littoral foodplant park)
not a whole lot of text, mostly big beautiful historic plant paintings.
one drawback , but not really fixable, is plant names are latin only. though you may 'sort of' recognize some as they spread all over the globe as flowers, fruits, foods etc

[Geert · Rating 2 out of 5]

HIGH LIGHTS

* De aardappel (Solanum Tuberosum) komt oorspronkelijk uit Zuid-Amerika (Peru en Bolivia). Kwam via Canarische eilanden in 1570 naar Europa (Sevilla). Ierland werd er zo afhankelijk van dat toen in 1845/46 een oogst volledig was mislukt, 1 mio mensen stierven en nog eens 1,5 mio emigreerden. (p. 9) De Amerikaanse botanist Luther Burbank (1849-1926) ontwikkelde de “Russet Burbank” aardappel om Ierland te helpen de aardappelcrisis te boven te komen. Het werd een van de de meest populaire aardappels, die we nog steeds gebruiken. (wikipedia)
* De ontdekkingsreizen werden getriggered omdat door de val van Constantinopel in 1453 aanvoeren van specerijen niet langer over land kon (p. 10).
* De Fransman Carolus Clusius heeft de tulp naar NL gebracht en heeft de Leiden Hortus Botanicus gesticht in 1593. Nadat er tulpen uit zijn tuin waren gestolen, raakten de tulpen over heel NL verspreid (p. 14-15).

[Myra Flowers · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a scholarly volume concentrating on the plant hunters and their achievements rather than their adventures. The illustrations, photos and facsimiles are beautiful and a joy to see. The author concentrates heavily on the Kew gardens, which I knew very little about. A worthwhile read especially on hunters from the UK.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

An absolutely engaging and fascinating read with useful and fun imagery.

[Bill · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book consists of two page essays on a variety of plant collectors and related subject. It is lavishly illustrated. A very good introduction to the study of the botanists themselves.

[Brooke(worm) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. I think additional editing would have done wonders (making it 5 stars), but on the whole it was done quite well. I certainly learned new things about plants and botanical related history that I didn’t know before. However some of the information was a bit repetitive within sections, and again this I put down to editing. Overall though, a great read.