
Full title
Himalayan Journals — Complete Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, etc.
Language
en
Duration
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Scanned by Derek Thompson
Release date
2004-09-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1817–1911
An adventurous Victorian botanist, explorer, and scientific traveler, he helped map the plant life of places from Antarctica and the Himalayas to India and Morocco. He was also one of Charles Darwin’s closest friends and early supporters, and later led the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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