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Travels of William Bartram
This is the first inexpensive, illustrated edition of one of the most delightful books of the 18th century. A major source work in American geography, anthropology, and natural history, it contains accurate and entertaining descriptions of the area of the New World now embraced by Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.
From 1773 to 1778, William Bartram, a trained naturalist, traveled through southern North America, noting the characteristics of almost everything he encountered: the rivers of Florida, the groves of wild oranges, the swamps and lagoons, the fish, the tropical snakes and reptiles, the land and aquatic birds, the Cherokee Indians' march toward civilization, the festivals of the Seminole, the customs of the Creeks. This material now offers a wealth of first-hand information that is not available elsewhere.
And it offers it in a format that still makes for exciting reading. A classic not only of natural science and observation, Bartram's account also served as a source for Coleridge's "Kubla Khan" and "Ancient Mariner" and was held in high esteem as literature by Wordsworth, Carlyle, and Emerson.
From 1773 to 1778, William Bartram, a trained naturalist, traveled through southern North America, noting the characteristics of almost everything he encountered: the rivers of Florida, the groves of wild oranges, the swamps and lagoons, the fish, the tropical snakes and reptiles, the land and aquatic birds, the Cherokee Indians' march toward civilization, the festivals of the Seminole, the customs of the Creeks. This material now offers a wealth of first-hand information that is not available elsewhere.
And it offers it in a format that still makes for exciting reading. A classic not only of natural science and observation, Bartram's account also served as a source for Coleridge's "Kubla Khan" and "Ancient Mariner" and was held in high esteem as literature by Wordsworth, Carlyle, and Emerson.
Reprint of the 1928 edition.
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This is the first inexpensive, illustrated edition of one of the most delightful books of the 18th century. A major source work in American geography, anthropology, and natural history, it contains accurate and entertaining descriptions of the area of the New World now embraced by Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.
From 1773 to 1778, William Bartram, a trained naturalist, traveled through southern North America, noting the characteristics of almost everything he encountered: the rivers of Florida, the groves of wild oranges, the swamps and lagoons, the fish, the tropical snakes and reptiles, the land and aquatic birds, the Cherokee Indians' march toward civilization, the festivals of the Seminole, the customs of the Creeks. This material now offers a wealth of first-hand information that is not available elsewhere.
And it offers it in a format that still makes for exciting reading. A classic not only of natural science and observation, Bartram's account also served as a source for Coleridge's "Kubla Khan" and "Ancient Mariner" and was held in high esteem as literature by Wordsworth, Carlyle, and Emerson.
From 1773 to 1778, William Bartram, a trained naturalist, traveled through southern North America, noting the characteristics of almost everything he encountered: the rivers of Florida, the groves of wild oranges, the swamps and lagoons, the fish, the tropical snakes and reptiles, the land and aquatic birds, the Cherokee Indians' march toward civilization, the festivals of the Seminole, the customs of the Creeks. This material now offers a wealth of first-hand information that is not available elsewhere.
And it offers it in a format that still makes for exciting reading. A classic not only of natural science and observation, Bartram's account also served as a source for Coleridge's "Kubla Khan" and "Ancient Mariner" and was held in high esteem as literature by Wordsworth, Carlyle, and Emerson.
Reprint of the 1928 edition.
marjorie rawlings;native porters;barbara greene;cousin barbara;citrus grove;north florida;primitive village;palm wine;kinnan rawlings;cross creek;marjorie kinnan;considered politically;tim butcher;travel account;graham green;eastern half;colonial american;female cousin;rural florida;central florida;farm house;paul theroux;west africa;rural life;sierra leone;graham greene;prize winning;american life;natural world;pulitzer prize;native americans;18th century;jiggers;bassa;greenes;rawling;1770's;grahams;gainesville;freetown;unmapped;yearling;liberian;hurston;hammock;liberia;unspoiled;southeastern;carriers;cockroaches;botanist;alligators;devils;cannibals;1935;naturalist;fauna;whiskey;flora;natives;rats;reported;1930s;travelling;john bartram;america;books on central floridas;books on devils;books on prize winnings;books on gainesville;books on natives;books on carriers;books on native americans;books on flora;books on rural lives;books on sierra leones;books on rural floridas;books on marjorie kinnan;books on fauna;books on freetown;books on pulitzer prizes;books on eastern halves;books on liberia;books on greenes;books on native porters;books on kinnan rawlings;books on bassa;books on american lives;books on colonial americans;books on cross creeks;books on travel accounts;books on natural worlds;books on 18th centuries;books on farm houses;books on naturalists;books on marjorie rawlings;books on palm wines;books on alligators;books on grahams;books on graham greenes
