Botany and Revolution: The Roots of Disorder

Against the backdrop of the French Revolution, some sought to maintain the status quo, others to overthrow it. What role did the botany of Tahiti play?

Johann and Georg Forster in Tahiti (detail), by John Francis Rigaud, c.1780 © akg-images.

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