John and William Bartram : : Botanists and Explorers, 1699-1777, 1739-1823 /

John and William Bartram : : Botanists and Explorers, 1699-1777, 1739-1823 / / Ernest Earnest.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Ann...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
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Earnest, Ernest,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2017]
©1940
Year of Publication:2017
Edition:Reprint 2016
Language:English
Series:PENNSYLVANIA LIVES
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.) :; 2 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • I. John Bartram
  • II. The Road to Damascus
  • III. The Philadelphia and Quaker Backgrounds
  • IV. Collinson and Bartram
  • V. John Bartram's Travels
  • VI. The Telescope
  • VII. Recognition
  • VIII. William Bartram
  • IX. What a Surprising Fountain!
  • X. The Wanderer
  • XI. The Travels
  • XII. The Spirit of Nature
  • XIII. The Spirit of The Century
  • XIV. The Crest Of Feathers
  • XV. The Quiet Years
  • XVI. The Sister Muses
  • Bibliographical Note
  • Index

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