The Book Of Palms
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Munich University Botany Professor and Royal Botanic Gardens Director Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was reinterred on 15 December 1868 in a casket surrounded by fresh palm leaves. The leaves referenced the groundbreaking Natural History of Palms: a three‑volume work published between 1823 and 1853. This encyclopedic treasure of 240 exquisite chromolithographic illustrations was based on von Martius’s discoveries made via Brazil and Peru. Between 1817 and 1820, zoologist Johann Baptist von Spix traveled 2,250 km through the Amazon basin to study natural history and indigenous peoples. The Book Of Palms, an unrivaled catalogue of the biogeography of every known palm family, summarizes modern palm classification while mapping all of Brazil’s palms. Hardcover, 96 pages; Hardcover, 568 pages. English: English. March 2020: March 2015. ISBN: 9783836530347; ISBN: 9783836556231.