The Thief at the End of the World: Rubber, Power, and the Seeds of Empire

Autori

• Joe Jackson

Parametri

• Biografie e pensieri
• Economia e affari
• Saggistica
• Storia
• Storia del mondo

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Chronicles the legendary story of how, in 1876, fortune hunter Henry Wickham got his hands on 70,000 rubber tree seeds, smuggled them out of the rainforests of Brazil, and delivered them to Victorian England's most prestigious scientists in one of history's most daring acts of biopiracy. Reprint.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2009

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