Robert Fortune, the man who stole tea from China. In 1848, Robert Fortune left Southampton for China.
Westerners are not welcome in the Middle Kingdom, so the botanist decides to wear Chinese clothes and wear Chinese hair: a long braid as a sign of submission to the emperor. As he advances, he sends seeds and plants across the Himalayas. It is estimated that 20,000 plants were introduced by Fortune. The Chinese monopoly is broken, tea grown in India will conquer the British market.