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The Seaweed Collector's Handbook From Purple Nicholas Delbanco magic and the stories weSeaweed is so familiar and yet its names pepper dulse, sea lettuce, bladderwrack are largely unknown to us. In this short, exquisitely illustrated portrait, the Dutch poet and artist Miek Zwamborn shares her discoveries of its history, culture and use, from the Neolithic people of the Orkney Islands to sushi artisans in modern Japan. Seaweed troubled Columbus on his voyages across the Atlantic, intrigued von Humboldt in the Sargasso Sea and inspired