Brave botanist who fell off the edge of the world
HISTORY GREEN GOLD by Gabriel Hemery (Unbound £10.99, 280 pp) Victorian plant-hunters were the astronauts of their age, capturing the popular imagination as they set off on exotic expeditions to discover new flora and fauna. Like space travel today, these trips were fraught with peril. When 23-year-old John Jeffrey left his native Scotland for the … Read more