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The Seaweed Collector's Handbook: From Purple Laver to Peacock's Tail

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The Seaweed Collector's Handbook: From Purple Laver to Peacock's Tail - Zwamborn, Miek, and Hutchison, Michele (Translated by)
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Seaweed is so familiar and yet its names - pepper dulse, sea lettuce, bladderwrack - are largely unknown to us. In this short, exquisitely illustrated portrait, the Dutch poet and artist Miek Zwamborn shares her discoveries of its history, culture and use, from the Neolithic people of the Orkney Islands to sushi artisans in modern Japan. Seaweed troubled Columbus on his voyages across the Atlantic, intrigued von Humboldt in the Sargasso Sea and inspired artists from Hokusai to Matisse. Covering seaweed's collection by ...

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The Seaweed Collector's Handbook: From Purple Laver to Peacock's Tail 2021, Profile Books Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9781788165471

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The Seaweed Collector's Handbook: From Purple Laver to Peacock's Tail 2020, Profile Books Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9781788165464

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