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Botany, a man’s world?

Posted on June 6th, 2012 by Nigel Chaffey

What do you make of this: ‘In the 18th century, not yet 30 years old, she became the first woman to travel around the world. Along the way she helped collect thousands of plant specimens, some of which were new species. And she did it all dressed as a man’? Sounds incredible, I know but [...]