Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

The art and science of William Bartram / Judith Magee.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication 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)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QH31.B23 M34 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves QK31.B23 M24 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800063356
Total holds: 0

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.

Powered by Koha