本书图文并茂地展示了为组建近代早期**的植物标本馆做出过贡献的人的生活，讲述了发生在各大洲的关于冒险和发现的故事。汉斯•斯隆爵士的植物标本馆位于伦敦自然历史博物馆内，可能是**的植物标本馆。馆内标本是在17世纪80年代和18世纪50年代之间收集的，估计有12万份压制的植物标本。70多个国家的300多人为其发展做出了贡献。

This lavishly illustrated book reveals the lives of the people who assembled the greatest botanical collection of the Early Modern period, with stories of adventure and discovery across every continent. Sir Hans Sloane’s herbarium, housed at the Natural History Museum in London, is probably the most extensive herbarium collection of its kind. It exemplifies the rich history of exploration and discovery in the period preceding Cook’s voyages, and it remains of considerable scientific and historical value today. Assembled between the 1680s and 1750s, it comprises an estimated 120,000 pressed plant specimens. More than 300 people contributed to its development across more than 70 countries.