The Travels of William Bartram Book Description: William Bartram's journeys around North America in the late 18th century crossed through much of what was then Native American territory. In the s when this book was first published, the United States was newly formed and was expanding beyond its original thirteen colonies. Artist, writer, botanist, gardener, naturalist, intrepid wilderness explorer, and self-styled "philosophical pilgrim," William Bartram was an extraordinary figure in eighteenth-century American life. The first American to devote himself to what we would now call the environment, Bartram was the most significant American writer before Thoreau and a nature artist who rivals Audubon. Long recognized as an American classic, Bartram’s Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida () recounts his journeys through the wilderness from to in prose famous for its celebratory intensity and lyrical profusion. In the forests, rivers, swamps, and savannahs of the South, Bartram collected botanical specimens and made wildlife drawings, observing the natural .
Editions for Travels and Other Writings: (Hardcover published in ), (Paperback published in ), (Paperback publis. Artist, writer, botanist, gardener, naturalist, intrepid wilderness explorer, and self-styled "philosophical pilgrim," William Bartram was an extraordinary figure in eighteenth-century American life. The first American to devote himself to what we would now call the environment, Bartram was the most significant American writer before Thoreau and a nature artist who rivals Audubon. May. 2, William Bartram's Travels and the Early Naturalist's Library. William Bartram's reputation as a botanist, naturalist, and explorer has endured in the modern world largely due to his single, classic book: Travels through North South Carolina, Georgia, East West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the.
Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws: Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions O. by. William Bartram. Extensive notes, a glossary of botanical terms, a newly researched chronology of Bartram's life, a map tracing the route of his travels, and an index guide the reader. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print. Bartram's Travels is the short title of naturalist William Bartram 's book describing his travels in the American South and encounters with American Indians between and The book was published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in by the firm of James Johnson. The book's full title is Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws.
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