The Gardens of the Sun
Author:   F.W. Burbidge
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Australia
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780195889307


Pages:   383
Publication Date:   01 May 1989
Format:   Hardback
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The Gardens of the Sun


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Although the main object of the author's journey was the collection of new plants, The Gardens of the Sun is very much more than a naturalist's journal. Rather, it is a delightful, vividly written record of travel and discovery through what Burbidge terms the enormous conservatories of beautiful vegetation - great Zoological Gardens inhabited by birds and curious animals. Little seems to have escaped Frederick Burbidge's eye during his journeys through Sarawak, Labuan, and the north of Borneo to Sulu, and he is equally at home describing his encounters with the people he met on the way and their mode of life as he is in writing about the world of Nature.

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Author:   F.W. Burbidge
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Australia
Imprint:   OUP Australia and New Zealand
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 12.00cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 19.00cm
Weight:   0.517kg
ISBN:  

9780195889307


ISBN 10:   0195889304
Pages:   383
Publication Date:   01 May 1989
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Eastward, Ho!; Singapore; Visit to Jahore - Gunong Puloi; River and forest travel; Kina Balu, or Chinese widowmountain; Labuan island; Beautiful Borneo; A city of lake dwellings; A voyage to Sulu; A royal pig hunt; The sultan's istana and the ""hill of tears""; A royal visit; Kina balu, via Tampassuk; Tropical fruits; Notes on tropical travel; Appendix"

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