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Fifty Plants That Changed the Course of History

Paperback • 2010 • English

Fifty Plants That Changed the Course of History

By Bill Laws

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About the book

Of course, we are entirely dependent on plants for our food and the air we breathe, but did you know that 5,000 mature English oak trees were used in the construction of Admiral Nelson's flagship HMS Victory, or that sweet peas were involved in the birth of the science of genetics? King Cotton was the driver of the slave trade, which was the first domino to fall in the American Revolution, and cotton was also the catalyst for the Industrial Revolution. These, and many other extraordinary facts i...Show more

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9780715338544

Publisher

David Charles

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

Fifty Plants That Changed the Course of History

Format

Paperback

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