After almost a month on Tahiti, Captain Cook and his men were still unaware that since the first British voyage to the island two years earlier, other visitors had been. As relations between the forei… more →
nat waddell's blogwrote 1 month ago: “The first European to describe these plants was Philibert Commerçon, a French botanist accomp … more →
wrote 1 year ago: After almost a month on Tahiti, Captain Cook and his men were still unaware that since the first Bri … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I have always loved Bougainvillea. Especially the bright “purple” variety. Today I saw … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Bougainvillea was discovered by French botanist Philibert Commerçon along the coasts of Brazil in th … more →
wrote 1 year ago: She was the first woman ever to circumnavigate the globe, but she did it dressed as a man. For more … more →
wrote 1 year ago: In 1999 and 2000 the first two volumes of a three-part French comic, Le passage de Vénus, were publi … more →