Botanical Illustrations from Narrative of a Journey to the Zoolu Country
1836 British Library
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A set of five botanical studies including a tree, a fern tree, and details of flowering structures, originating from Captain Allen F. Gardiner's 1836 narrative.
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These illustrations accompanied Captain Allen F. Gardiner's account of his 1835 expedition into the Zulu Kingdom. The book is a significant historical record of early British contact with the region, providing rare glimpses of the local flora and fauna documented by colonial explorers of the era.
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Botanical Illustrations from Narrative of a Journey to the Zoolu Country
The British Library, 1836
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