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Henry Wickham (explorer)
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Sir Henry Alexander Wickham was a British explorer. He was the first person to smuggle a large, viable shipment of Brazilian rubber seeds to the British Empire. The British had long planned to create
Sir Henry Wickham LCCN2014718318
Sir Henry Wickham LCCN2014718318
“Henry Wickham, who in 1876 directed an operation smuggling 70,000 rubber tree seeds”
“Henry Wickham, who in 1876 directed an operation smuggling 70,000 rubber tree seeds”
Joseph Dalton Hooker
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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker was an English botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For 20 years he served as director of th
Henry Wickham (explorer)
…highly productive and disease resistant rubber trees, many commercial rubber trees throughout the world are descended from the seeds Wickham took to Joseph Dalton Hooker in London. In Brazil, Wickham is labeled as a "bio-pirate" for his role in smuggling the rubber seeds that broke the South American monopoly…
Hooker in 1897
Hooker in 1897
Daguerreotype of Hooker by William Edward Kilburn, circa 1852
Daguerreotype of Hooker by William Edward Kilburn, circa 1852
Frances Harriet Henslow, by William Edward Kilburn
Frances Harriet Henslow, by William Edward Kilburn
Tibet and Cholamo Lake from the summit of the Donkia Pass, looking North West from Hooker's Himalayan Journals. Hooker reached the pass on 7 November
Tibet and Cholamo Lake from the summit of the Donkia Pass, looking North West from Hooker's Himalayan Journals. Hooker reached the pass on 7 November 1849.