Stories
- Article
Hunting lost plants in botanical collections
A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.
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Vivekananda’s journey
How a young Indian monk’s travels around the world inspired modern yoga.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Sketches of the Retreat buildings and grounds by H.G. Hampton
Date: 1925Reference: RET/2/1/22/5Part of: The Retreat Archive- Pictures
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Seven British garden plants: flowering stems and some floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
Date: 1833Reference: 27404i- Pictures
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Seven British garden plants: flowering stems and some floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
Date: 1833Reference: 27408i- Books
Women in the history of science : a sourcebook / edited by Hannah Wills, Sadie Harrison, Erika Jones, Farrah Lawrence-Mackey and Rebecca Martin.
Date: 2023- Books
Critical Approaches to the History of Western Herbal Medicine : From Classical Antiquity to the Early Modern Period / edited by Susan Francia and Anne Stobart.
Date: 2014