Dragon’s Brain Perfume: An Historical Geography of Camphor
R.A. Donkin
307 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 9004109838
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Language: English
Publish: 916905600000
Camphor – origin, distribution, disposal, use – is here examined in the wider context of Old World aromata . Evidence is drawn from an extensive range of sources in natural and cultural history. Fifteen original maps, twenty-eight other illustrations, and extensive bibliography.