Descriptions and drawings of Indian palms / by W. D. Roxburgh ; containing the originals of the plates of palms published in his Plant of the Coast of Coromandel

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Descriptions and drawings of Indian palms / by W. D. Roxburgh ; containing the originals of the plates of palms published in his Plant of the Coast of Coromandel

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1 v. : col. ill. ; 48 x 59 cm.

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Roxburgh, William, 1751-1815

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William Roxburgh was born at Underwood, Craigie, in Ayrshire, on 3 June 1751. He was educated at the village school and then studied botany at Edinburgh University. In 1766 he became a surgeon's mate on a vessel of the East India Company and made several voyages to India before being appointed as an Assistant Surgeon in Chennai (then known as Madras), working in the General Hospital in the city. He became a full Surgeon in 1780 and was stationed in Samulcotta in 1781. There he began cultivating ...