Travels in Peru and India Markham Paperback Cambridge University Press

Travels in Peru and IndiaWhile Superintending the Collection of Chinchona Plants and Seeds in South America, and their Introduction into India\nAuthor(s): Clements R. Markham\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108046718, 978-1108046718\nSynopsis\nSir Clements Robert Markham [tel] had a lifelong interest in Peru. Having already travelled there in his early twenties, he was commissioned to return ten years later to supervise the collection of sufficient specimens of the cinchona tree for its introduction to India. The bark of the tree yielded quinine, by then a well-known febrifuge and one of the few effective treatments for malaria. This book, originally published in 1862, is Markham's personal account of his travels. His story moves from the misty heights of the Peruvian mountains, where he suffered from altitude sickness, to the Malabar coastline and its complex, remarkable caste system. Markha.