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.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2020]Description: xxxvi, 568 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780817320300
- 081732030X
- Works. Selections. English
- Michaux, André, 1746-1802
- Botanists -- France -- Diaries
- Botanists -- France -- Correspondence
- Plant collectors -- France -- Diaries
- Plant collectors -- France -- Correspondence
- Botany -- United States -- History
- Botany -- Canada -- History
- Michaux, André, 1746-1802
- Botanists
- Botany
- Plant collectors
- Canada
- France
- United States
- Botanik
- Expedition
- Nordamerika
- Botanistes -- France -- 18e siècle
- Plantes -- Collectionneurs et collections -- France -- 18e siècle
- 580.92 23
- QK31.M45 M53 2020
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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.