TY  - BOOK
AU  - Michaux,André
AU  - Williams,Charlie
AU  - Norman,E.M.
AU  - Taylor,Walter Kingsley
TI  - André Michaux in North America: journals & letters, 1785-1797 
SN  - 9780817320300
AV  - QK31.M45 M53 2020
U1  - 580.92 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
PB  - The University of Alabama Press
KW  - Michaux, André,
KW  - Botanists
KW  - France
KW  - Diaries
KW  - Correspondence
KW  - Plant collectors
KW  - Botany
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Canada
KW  - fast
KW  - Botanik
KW  - gnd
KW  - Expedition
KW  - Botanistes
KW  - 18e siècle
KW  - ram
KW  - Plantes
KW  - Collectionneurs et collections
KW  - Nordamerika
KW  - Personal correspondence
KW  - lcgft
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -