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Pirates, Plants And Plunder!
  • Published: 5 March 2014
  • ISBN: 9781448120475
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 144

Pirates, Plants And Plunder!

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5 Mar 2014
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1 Apr 2014
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Twelve true-life tales which reveal how the history of some of the 'everyday' plants we take for granted have been shaped by some of the great adventurers of the past.

Twelve fascinating tales about the adventurers who travelled all over the globe, finding new plants and the amazing things they produce. Join Joseph Banks as he gets stranded on the Australian Great Barrier Reef whilst searching for new botanical specimens. Battle with the Mexican Emperor Montezuma against the invading Hernando Cortes - and watch as Cortes introduces chocolate to the rest of the world! Struggle with other travellers as they fight starvation, bears, strange diseases and tropical storms.

Exciting, witty and wacky, these true-life tales span centuries and the globe, feature famous historical figures such as Captain Bligh, Darwin and Columbus and put the origins of 'everyday' plants into perspective.
  • Published: 5 March 2014
  • ISBN: 9781448120475
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 144
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About the authors

David Roberts

David Roberts is one of the UK’s foremost children’s illustrators, known for works such as DIRTY BERTIE, THE BOLDS and SUFFRAGETTE: THE BATTLE FOR EQUALITY He was the winner of the Nestle Children’s Book Prize in 2006 and was shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal four times. He lives in London.

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Stewart Ross

Stewart Ross is an established children's non-fiction author. His titles include: The Home Front in WWII (Hodder Wayland, 2002); The Great Fire of London (Evans Bros, 2002); The Story of Ireland (Orion Children's Books, 2001) and the Oxford Children's Book of the 20th Century (OUP, 1998).

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