The Journals of Hipólito Ruiz, Spanish Botanist in Peru and Chile, 1777-1788

The Journals of Hipólito Ruiz, Spanish Botanist in Peru and Chile, 1777-1788

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Publisher's Synopsis

Ruiz spent 11 years exploring the villages and botanical landscape of Peru and Chile. His observations of about 2000 plants, along with his impressions of the culture and perils of exploration in South America, are translated here by Richard Evans Schultes, ethnobotanical explorer of South America.

Book information

ISBN: 9780881924077
Publisher: Timber Press
Imprint: Timber Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 918.5043
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 357
Weight: 1107g
Height: 264mm
Width: 187mm
Spine width: 32mm