Fields of Vision - Essays on the Travels of William Bartram, 1739-1823

Informationen zum Autor Kathryn E. Holland Braund is Professor of History at Auburn University and editor of Bernard Romans's A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida and James Adair's The History of the American Indians . Charlotte M. Porter is Curator of the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida and author of The Eagle's Nest: Natural History and American Ideas and William Bartram's Florida: A Naturalist's Vision . Klappentext A classic work of history, ethnography, and botany, and an examination of the life and environs of the 18th-century south. Zusammenfassung William Bartram portrayed nature through the lens of experience as well as scientific observation. 'The Bartram Trail Conference' fosters Bartram scholarship through biennial conferences held along the route of his travels. This volume of essays! a selection from conferences! brings together contributions from history! archaeology! and botany.

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• Authors: Kathryn E. Holland (EDT)/ Porter Braund, The University of Alabama Press
• Assisted by: Kathryn E. Holland Braund (Editor), Kathryn E.Holland Braund (Editor), Kathryn H Braund (Editor), Kathryn H. Braund (Editor), Charlotte M Porter (Editor), Charlotte M. Porter (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2010
• EAN: 9780817355715
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5571-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Travel guides > North and Central America