Robert Fortune

botanist

Robert Fortune was a Scottish botanist and plant collector known for his expeditions to China in the mid-19th century, where he famously smuggled tea plants to India, altering the global tea industry.

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Panama Panama: Robert Fortune successfully smuggled tea plants from China to India using Ward's boxes. 8

Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward Tim Harford George Loddiges Henry Wickham Justus Karl Hasskarl Edmond Albius Luke Keogh

La Prensa – leading Panamanian daily, est. 1980: Qué son las ingeniosas cajas de Ward y cómo transformaron la economía mundial

Taiwan Taiwan: Robert Fortune is known for his audacious missions that impacted the tea trade. 6

Katy Hui Wen Hung Hong Ming Cheng George Mackay Shang Fa Yang Koxinga Zheng Jing Zheng Ke Shuang Charles Arshowe Kabayama Sukenori John Dodd Li Chun Sheng

Taipei Times – major English newspaper in Taiwan, est. 1999: Book review: A deep dive into the past, present and future of Taiwanese tea