Bartram's Travels
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Bartram's Travels is the short title of naturalist William Bartram's historically significant book describing his travels in the American South between 1773 and 1777. The book was published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1791 by the firm of James & Johnson.
The book's full title is Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws. Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions; Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians.
[edit] Modern editions
- Travels. introduction by Mark Van Doren. New York: Dover, 1928. ISBN 0486200132
- Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, east and west Florida: A facsimile of the 1792 London edition embellished with its nine original plates. Introduction by Gordon DeWolf. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1980.
- Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country.... Introduction by James Dickey. New York: Viking Penguin, 1996.
- The Travels of William Bartram: Naturalist's Edition. Edited by Francis Harper. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1958. Reprint, Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1998. ISBN 0820320277
- Travels and Other Writings. Thomas P. Slaughter, editor. New York: Library of America, 1996. ISBN 9781883011116
[edit] External links
- Bartram's Travels online, University of North Carolina Library
- Bartram Trail Conference
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