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Mr. Guilfoyle's South Sea Islands adventure on H.M.S. Challenger /
The voyage that inspired Guilfoyle to redesign Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens. Discover the inspiration for the famed redesign of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. It was the young William Guilfoyle's botanical tour of the South Sea Islands in 1868 that provided his vision for th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Carlton, Victoria :
The Miegunyah Press,
2019.
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| Colección: | Miegunyah Press series ;
2nd ser., no. 187. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The voyage that inspired Guilfoyle to redesign Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens. Discover the inspiration for the famed redesign of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. It was the young William Guilfoyle's botanical tour of the South Sea Islands in 1868 that provided his vision for the one of the world's great public parks. Share his excitement of discovering and collecting tropical plants, giving the local cannibals a very wide berth and being an eyewitness to an uprising in Fiji. Here is an unprecedented armchair view of the riches of this region by an emerging botanist who would later transform our understanding of garden design. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographic references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780522874037 0522874037 |
| Acceso: | National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries |