Bibliograph

America's curious botanist, a tercentennial reappraisal of John Bartram, 1699-1777, edited by Nancy E. Hoffmann and John C. Van Horne

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America's curious botanist, a tercentennial reappraisal of John Bartram, 1699-1777, edited by Nancy E. Hoffmann and John C. Van Horne

Language

eng

Bibliography note

"Bibliography of writings by and about John Bartram"--P. 203-214

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

America's curious botanist

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

52090882

Responsibility statement

edited by Nancy E. Hoffmann and John C. Van Horne

Series statement

Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, v. 249

Sub title

a tercentennial reappraisal of John Bartram, 1699-1777

Table Of Contents

I: World of science -- John Bartram and Peter Collinson: a correspondence of science and friendship / Alan W. Armstrong -- John Bartram and the periodical cicadas: a case study / Gene Kritsky -- Calming John Bartram's passion: Sweden's scientific certification of Philadelphia's botanist / Crystal A. Polis & Robert E. Savage -- "Taste, " "curiosity, " and the letters of John Bartram and Peter Collinson / Stephanie Volmer -- II: Explorations -- "The congress held in a pavilion": John Bartram and the Indian Congress at Fort Picolata, East Florida / Kathryn E. Holland Braund -- John Bartram's journey to Onondaga in context / William H. Goetzmann -- Narrative, nature, and cultural contact in John Bartram's observations / Thomas Hallock -- The origins, goals, and outcomes of John Bartram's journey on the St. John's River, 1765-1766 / Lawrence Hetrick -- III: Legacy -- John Bartram's legacy in eighteenth-century botanical art: the Knowsley Ehrets / John Bartram and his garden: would John Bartram recognize his garden today? / Joel T. Fry -- The versatile Bartrams and their enduring botanical legacy / Alfred E. Schuyler & Elizabeth P. McLean

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