Robert Fortune
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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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Robert Fortune successfully smuggled tea plants from China to India using Ward's boxes.
Qué son las ingeniosas cajas de Ward y cómo transformaron la economía mundialLa Prensa – leading Panamanian daily, est. 1980·
Panama· 2025-11-30
Panama· 2025-11-30
Robert Fortune is known for his audacious missions that impacted the tea trade.
Book review: A deep dive into the past, present and future of Taiwanese teaTaipei Times – major English newspaper in Taiwan, est. 1999·
Taiwan· 2025-03-05
Taiwan· 2025-03-05
