"Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries" by William Griffith is a detailed record of expeditions through diverse landscapes in the early 1800s. The writing recounts travels with an Assam group where Griffith explores rivers and documents plants, animals, and geographical features. His affection and sharp perception establish the groundwork to study the natural world. Griffith's narrative combines firsthand experiences with scientific inquiry, captures the essence of exploration across diverse regions of Asia, and displays the difficulties and wonders involved in understanding these distant lands and their natural life.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
By William Griffith
Embark on a journey through wild lands as a naturalist explores flora, faces challenges, and records the unknown.
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About the AuthorWilliam Griffith was a British doctor, naturalist, and botanist.
Griffith's botanical publications are from India and Burma. After a brief stay in Madras, he was assigned as a Civil Surgeon to Tenasserim, Burma, where he studied local plants and made collecting trips to the Barak River valley in Assam. He explored various parts of Burma, traveling the rivers, including the Irrawadi as far as Rangoon. He visited the highlands of Sikkim, and the region of the Himalayas around Shimla. Subsequently, Griffith was appointed as Civil Surgeon in Malacca, where he died of a parasitic liver disease.
William Griffith was a British doctor, naturalist, and botanist. Griffith's botanical publications are from India and Burma. After a brief stay in Madras, he was assigned as a Civil Surgeon to Tenasserim, Burma, where he studied local plants and made collecting trips to the Barak River valley in Assam. He explored various parts of Burma, traveling the rivers, including the Irrawadi as far as Rangoon. He visited the highlands of Sikkim, and the region of the Himalayas around Shimla. Subsequently, Griffith was appointed as Civil Surgeon in Malacca, where he died of a parasitic liver disease.
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