The art and science of William Bartram / Judith Magee.
Material type: TextPublication details: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press ; London : In association with the Natural History Museum, c2007.Description: xi, 264 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 32 cmISBN:- 0271029145 (clothbound : alk. paper)
- 9780271029146 (clothbound : alk. paper)
- QH31.B23 M34 2007
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves | QK31.B23 M24 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800063356 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-257) and index.
Prologue : explorer, naturalist, and artist -- Plant hunting and the seed trade -- The merchant's apprentice -- Cape Fear and competition -- Travels in Florida with the king's botanist -- Finding a patron -- Travels : revisiting old haunts and discovering new ones -- Encounters and observations -- The Arcadian dream -- Describing, classifying, and naming -- American science comes of age : ornithology -- American science comes of age : entomology -- Following in Bartram's footsteps -- Epilogue : contentment and serenity.