The Thief at the End of the World
The Thief at the End of the WorldJoe Jackson
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The Thief at the End of the World

The Thief at the End of the World Rubber, Power, and the Seeds of Empire

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Chronicles the legendary story of how, in 1876, fortune hunter Henry Wickham got his hands on 70,000 rubber tree seeds, smuggled them out of the rainforests of Brazil, and delivered them to Victorian England's most prestigious scientists in one of history's most daring acts of biopiracy. Reprint.