Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China (Illustrated Edition), Paperback/Robert Fortune

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Description Including a Visit to the Tea, Silk and Cotton Countries, with an account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, etc. First published in 1847, with illustrations throughout. Fortune (1812-80) was a Scottish botanist, plant hunter and traveller best known for stealing tea plants from China on behalf of the British East India Company.