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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.

Van Pelt Library QK31.M45 M53 2020
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Michaux, André, 1746-1802, author.
Contributor:
Williams, Charlie, 1945- translator, editor.
Norman, E. M. (Eliane Meyer), 1931- translator, editor.
Taylor, Walter Kingsley, 1939- translator, editor.
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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