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TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, EAST AND WEST FLORIDA, THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY, THE

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TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, EAST AND WEST FLORIDA, THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY, THE
TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, EAST AND WEST FLORIDA, THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY, THE EXTENSIVE TERRITORIES OF THE MUSCOGULGES, OR CREEK CONFEDERACY, AND THE COUNTRY OF THE CHOCTAWS<BR><BR>William Bartram, published by J. Johnson in St. Paul`s` Churchyard, London 1794. First published in Philadelphia in 1791, this is the second English edition of American naturalist William Bartram`s classic work, containing the frontispiece "Portrait of Mico Chlucco the Long Warrior, or King of the Siminoles (sic)", a folding "Map of the Coast of East Florida from the River St. John Southward, to Near Cape Canaveral" and seven engraved plates of flora and fauna (one folding). In a new stamped and gilded leather binding with marbled boards, text and plates clean and very good. 8vo. (8"x 5"), 520pp. William Bartram, son of a Pennsylvania Quaker and naturalist, embarked on a journey of exploration throughout the American Southeast in 1773 and traveled in the modern states of Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Florida recording the flora, fauna and Indian tribes he found there. Bartram made discoveries and sketches of over 200 new botanical specimens, including the Venus Fly Trap and a now extinct tree named for his great friend Benjamin Franklin, calling it the Franklin tree or Franklinia alatamatha. In addition to his scientific writings, Bartram was one of the earliest authors to document the customs of the Cherokee and Creek Indian tribes who were so prevalent throughout the Southeast at that time. The book has been called "a valuable original authority on the Southern Indians during the Revolutionary War", thanks to Bartram`s attention to detail and his vivid descriptions, which make for one of the most enduring and engaging journals of early exploration of southern natural history and ethnographical study. A key book from the period of early settlement of the American Southeast. Bartram`s account of the remote frontier, of the plantations, trading posts, and Indian villages at the end of the eighteenth century is unrivaled.