Empire, Gender, and Bio-geography

1 Setting the Scene

PART I

Colonial encounters: the early years in the tropics

2. Family matters: Charlotte Wheeler-Cuffe, 1867-1897

3 Encountering the tropics, 1898-1899

PART II

Mobility, knowledge networks, and exploration

4 Mobility and cultures of expedition, 1900-1903

5 Networks of knowledge and exploring Upper Burma, 1904-1910

6 Deepening connections: Rangoon, Mount Victoria, and the Andaman Islands, 1911-1912

PART III

In the frontier regions

7 Hill Stations, plant hunting, and the Irrawaddy-Salween Divide, 1913-14

8 Maymyo botanic garden and the final Burmese days, 1915-1921

9. Conclusion

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