Plant hunting in the Pacific

Alistair Watt’s article,  Charles Moore. Plant Hunting in the South Pacific. 1850. is available here for download. This paper This paper draws on Watt’s analysis of Charles Moore’s diary documenting his voyage on HMS Havannah in 1850, his and others’ subsequent collection and cultivation of plants from the South Pacific, and Watt’s own travels.

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