Travels of William Bartram
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Published: June 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9781602066885
Subjects: Essays; Historical - U.S.; Naturalists, Gardeners, Environmentalists; Biography & Autobiography : Historical - U.S.; Nature : Essays; Biography / Autobiography
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.