Travels and Other Writings
Contributors: Thomas P. Slaughter (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Series: The Library of America
Publisher: Library of America
Published: 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 734
ISBN-13: 9781883011116
Subjects: Natural history; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Bartram, William, 1739-1823; United States - South - South Atlantic (General); Literature: Classics; Southern States; Essays; Travel / Essays & Travelogues; Description and travel; Early works to 1800; Indians of North America
First sentence: AT the request of Dr. Fothergill, of London, to search the Floridas, and the western parts of Carolina and Georgia, for the discovery of rare and useful productions of nature, chiefly in the vegetable kingdom; in April, 1773, I embarked for Charleston, South Carolina, on board the brigantine Charleston packet, captain Wright, the brig , captain Mason , being in company with us, and bound to the same port.