Dusky Bay. In the Steps of Captain Cook. sowing seeds

sowing seeds

Pan Books Ltd

The author is an expert plant ecologist and there are over 250 colour photographs of the plants in their habitat

A very practical and useful book for the beginner and the more experienced gardener

Dusky Bay. In the Steps of Captain Cook. sowing seedsA. Charles Begg and Neil C. Begg. A pioneering and well known history of the remote Fiordland sound and of the first European exploration and meeting with Maori in the area. Cook visited the sound in the Resolution in 1773 and the expedition naturalists, Johann and George Forster collected many plants and other natural history specimens in the area. They described 38 new species of birds here. The authors also tell the subsequent story of the sound