Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker: Traveller and Plant Collector Book

	Preface	6
	Introduction	7
1	Formative years	11
2	Antarctic exploration and the start of Hooker's travels	19
3	Voyage into Antarctica	35
4	The search for the southern continent	67
5	An interlude	86
6	Once more on his travels	96
7	Arrival at Darjeeling	107
8	A tour of East Nepal	120
9	Exploration of Sikkim	141
10	Assam	161
11	Publications based on his Indian travels	178
12	An uncertain future	200
13	Visit to the Middle East	210
14	Morocco	222
15	Presidency of the Royal Society and a knighthood	241
16	A pioneer plant geographer	253
17	An active retirement	261
	Bibliography	275
	Index	279