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Pp. xviii, 317; 33 photo-plates, 4 full page maps. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in silver on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo (9.25 x 6.25 inches). Meyer participated in four expeditions through China, Siberia, Russia, Manchuria, Turkestan and Mongolia collecting agricultural plants such as fruits, nuts and grains. Many of the more than 2,500 plants he introduced are still in use in agriculture today. Meyer disappeared off a steamer on the Yangtze River on June 1, 1918 - his body was never found. No ownership marks.

Author

Isabel Shipley Cunningham

Publisher

The Iowa State University Press

Published

1984

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813811482

Subjects

Agriculture, Memoir, History

Rating

3.67 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14