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André Michaux in North America : journals and letters, 1785-1797 / translated from the French, edited, and annotated by Charlie Williams, Eliane M. Norman & Walter Kingsley Taylor ; with a foreword by James E. McClellan III.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Michaux, André, 1746-1802, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Michaux, André, 1746-1802.
- Michaux, André.
- Botanists--France--Diaries.
- Botanists.
- Botanists--France--Correspondence.
- Plant collectors--France--Diaries.
- Plant collectors.
- Plant collectors--France--Correspondence.
- Botany--United States--History.
- Botany.
- Botany--Canada--History.
- History.
- Canada.
- France.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Diaries.
- History.
- Personal correspondence.
- Correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvi, 568 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2020]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Arrival in New York, November 1785, and Relocation to Charleston, September 1786 p. 25
- Chapter 2 Initial Journeys from Charleston, 1787 p. 58
- Chapter 3 Exploring Florida, 1788 p. 84
- Chapter 4 Exploring in the Carolinas, Georgia, and the Bahamas, 1788-1789 p. 107
- Chapter 5 Charleston to New York, 1789 p. 124
- Chapter 6 Charleston Interlude, 1790-1791 p. 142
- Chapter 7 Journey to Canada, 1792 p. 168
- Chapter 8 Journey into the Canadian Wilderness, 1792 p. 180
- Chapter 9 Philadelphia, Western Expeditions Considered, 1793 p. 202
- Chapter 10 Kentucky Journey for Genet, 1793 p. 222
- Chapter 11 North Carolina Mountains, 1794 p. 245
- Chapter 12 Journey West to the Mississippi River, 1795 p. 264
- Chapter 13 Kaskaskia to Charleston, December 1795-April 1796 p. 291
- Chapter 14 Charleston, Spring and Summer 1796 p. 311
- Chapter 15 Return Voyage to France and Shipwreck, August 1796-January 1797 p. 324.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780817320300
- 081732030X
- OCLC:
- 1099544477
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