num_pages: 372
description: Originally published in 1858 at the height of the passion for exotic specimens, this is the story of a young Bavarian botanist, Karl Linden, engaged in a plant-hunting expedition to the stupendous mountains of the Himalayas in Tibet. It is an early narrative and primary source, with commentaries on the Himalayas, plant hunting, inspecting cliffs, the Ibex &amp; other fauna, ascent of mountains, aerostatics, and of course the botany and value of the plants they are collecting.
language: English
title: The Plant Hunters: Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains
titlecomplete: The Plant Hunters: Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains
genres: Fiction, Adventure
ratings_count: 87
series: The Plant Hunters
publisher: Fredonia Books