{"product_id":"martius-the-book-of-palms","title":"Martius: the Book of Palms","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis encyclopedic treasury of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e240 exquisite chromolithographic illustrations \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas based on von Martius’s expeditions through Brazil and Peru. From 1817 to 1820, he traveled over \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e2,250 km (1,400 miles) through the Amazon basin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to investigate natural history and native tribes with zoologist Johann Baptist von Spix.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe result was an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eunrivaled catalogue of all known genera of the palm family\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, outlining the modern classification of palms, describing all the palms of Brazil, and producing the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003efirst maps of palm biogeography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Von Martius’s folio is unusual in its inclusion of cross-sectioned diagrams, conveying the architecture of these mighty trees, which central Europeans would have found hard to imagine accurately. Equally remarkable are the color landscapes showing various palms—often standing alone in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e simple and elegant beauty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOverall Dimensions: 6.14\"W x 8.54\"H x 1.65\"D\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47361368621286,"sku":"9783836566148","price":105.0,"currency_code":"KYD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0440\/1849\/9749\/files\/books-64.png?v=1771556199","url":"https:\/\/annahislophome.com\/products\/martius-the-book-of-palms","provider":"Anna Hislop Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}