Chapter 16
The History of Tea (Book 2)
The Breakthrough
The hero who made Robert Fortune's success assured, Dr. Nathanial Bagshaw Ward, is introduced in this episode. Ward's invention of the terrarium was the one thing that ensured Fortune's hard work in China wouldn't be wasted. We see how Fortune went into China, scored plants and tea seeds from Zhejiang, Anhui and Fujian and got everything safely transported to India.
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