The botany of Cook's voyages and its unexpected significance in relation to anthropology, biogeography, and history /
Merrill, Elmer D.(Elmer Drew),1876-1956author.
Cook, James,1728-1779.
Taylor, George,1904-1993,former owner.StEdNL
Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust,former owner.StEdNL
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Chapter I. Introduction: Captain Cook's exploring expeditions in the Pacific Islands -- Chapter II. Banks, Solander and the two Forsters: history of Captain Cook's Second Voyage (1772-75) -- Chapter III. The Forster Herbarium -- Chapter IV. The real significance of the Banks and Solander Tahiti Collections of 1769 -- Chapter V. Early trade routes in relation to plant distribution -- Chapter VI. Disagreements between botanical facts and preconcceived theories in various fields -- Chapter VII. A consideration of certain "authorities": The late O.F. Cook's writings ; F.B.H. Brown's erratic writings ; Native food plants of the Polynesian Islands ; Early plant introduction activities ; Polynesian agriculture based on plants and animals introduced from outside the Pacific Islands ; F.B.H. Brown ; George F. Carter ; T. Heyerdahl and his "theories" behind the Kon-Tiki Expedition ; Carl Sauer ; Edgar Anderson ; Jonathan D. Sauer's excellent study of the grain amaranths ; R.C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Sr. ; Leo Wiener ; Further remarks on the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatos) controversy ; On vernacular names of economic plants ; H.N. Stevens on the prevalent practice of writing on historic aubjects without first verifying the sources of information -- Chapter VIII. On the binomials appearing in Parkinson's Journal (1773) -- Chapter IX. The Linnaean binomials used by Parkinson -- Chapter X. The new and mostly unlisted technical names in Parkinson's Journal (1773) -- Additional notes: Further notes on the history of maize ; Maize in Europe ; "American Fruits" on murals at Pompeii ; Bixa across the Pacific ; Further notes on Gossypium ; Concluding remarks on the origin of the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) ; Colmeiro's bibliography.
Bookplate reading "Sir George Taylor ex libris ad Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust" attached to inside front cover.
Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Botany
Plant introduction.
Botany, Economic.