Book ID: 88642
Hoffmann, Nancy E. and John C. Van Horne (eds.)
America's Curious Botanist: A Tercentennial Reappraisal of John Bartram 1699 - 1777. Publ. 2004. (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society Series, Vol. 243). illustr. XVI, 217 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
The essays in this volume originate mostly from a 1999 symposiumon the occasion of the tercentenary of Bartram's birth and are basedon archival sources and especially on the full record of Bartram'scorrespondence. Contributions have been grouped in 3 parts: World ofScience/ Explorations/ Legacy.