André Michaux in North America : journals & letters, 1785-1797 /
Michaux, André, 1746-1802,
André Michaux in North America : journals & 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. - xxxvi, 568 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-546) and index.
Arrival in New York, November 1785, and relocation to Charleston, September 1786 -- Initial journeys from Charleston, 1787 -- Exploring Florida, 1788 -- Exploring in the Carolinas, Georgia, and the Bahamas, 1788-1789 -- Charleston to New York, 1789 -- Charleston interlude, 1790-1791 -- Journey to Canada, 1792 -- Journey into the Canadian wilderness, 1792 -- Philadelphia, western expeditions considered, 1793 -- Kentucky journey for Genet, 1793 -- North Carolina mountains, 1794 -- Journey west to the Mississippi River, 1795 -- Kaskaskia to Charleston, December 1795-April 1796 -- Charleston, spring and summer 1796 -- Return voyage to France and shipwreck, August 1796-January 1797 -- Epilogue: Michaux's last years, 1797-1802 -- Appendix: Plants and animals Michaux encountered.
"Straddling the fields of documentary editing, history of the early republic, history of science, botany, and American studies, André Michaux in North America: journals and letters, 1785-1797 is the first complete English edition of MIchaux's American journals. This copiously annotated translation includes important excerpts from his little-known correspondence as well as a substantial introduction situating Michaux and his work in the larger scientific context of the day"--Dust jacket.
9780817320300 081732030X
2019017171
Michaux, André, 1746-1802.
Michaux, André, 1746-1802.
Botanists--France--Diaries.
Botanists--France--Correspondence.
Plant collectors--France--Diaries.
Plant collectors--France--Correspondence.
Botany--History.--United States
Botany--History.--Canada
Botanists.
Botany.
Plant collectors.
Botanik
Expedition
Botanistes--France--18e siècle.
Plantes--Collectionneurs et collections--France--18e siècle.
Canada.
France.
United States.
Nordamerika
Diaries.
History.
Personal correspondence.
Personal correspondence.
QK31.M45 / M53 2020
580.92
QK31.M45 / M53 2020
André Michaux in North America : journals & 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. - xxxvi, 568 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-546) and index.
Arrival in New York, November 1785, and relocation to Charleston, September 1786 -- Initial journeys from Charleston, 1787 -- Exploring Florida, 1788 -- Exploring in the Carolinas, Georgia, and the Bahamas, 1788-1789 -- Charleston to New York, 1789 -- Charleston interlude, 1790-1791 -- Journey to Canada, 1792 -- Journey into the Canadian wilderness, 1792 -- Philadelphia, western expeditions considered, 1793 -- Kentucky journey for Genet, 1793 -- North Carolina mountains, 1794 -- Journey west to the Mississippi River, 1795 -- Kaskaskia to Charleston, December 1795-April 1796 -- Charleston, spring and summer 1796 -- Return voyage to France and shipwreck, August 1796-January 1797 -- Epilogue: Michaux's last years, 1797-1802 -- Appendix: Plants and animals Michaux encountered.
"Straddling the fields of documentary editing, history of the early republic, history of science, botany, and American studies, André Michaux in North America: journals and letters, 1785-1797 is the first complete English edition of MIchaux's American journals. This copiously annotated translation includes important excerpts from his little-known correspondence as well as a substantial introduction situating Michaux and his work in the larger scientific context of the day"--Dust jacket.
9780817320300 081732030X
2019017171
Michaux, André, 1746-1802.
Michaux, André, 1746-1802.
Botanists--France--Diaries.
Botanists--France--Correspondence.
Plant collectors--France--Diaries.
Plant collectors--France--Correspondence.
Botany--History.--United States
Botany--History.--Canada
Botanists.
Botany.
Plant collectors.
Botanik
Expedition
Botanistes--France--18e siècle.
Plantes--Collectionneurs et collections--France--18e siècle.
Canada.
France.
United States.
Nordamerika
Diaries.
History.
Personal correspondence.
Personal correspondence.
QK31.M45 / M53 2020
580.92
QK31.M45 / M53 2020