Florida Explored: The Philadelphia Connection in Bartram's Tracks: The Philadelphia Connection in Bartram’s Tracks - Hardcover

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Bennett, a Florida native and author of articles and books about the state, describes the exploration and discovery of its natural history by scientists associated with Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences. He details their expeditions and findings and collection of new plants, animals, fossils, and artifacts related to Florida's botany, zoology, geology, and anthropology. He relates the story of John Bartram's appointment as royal botanist for British colonial Florida in 1764; the discoveries of his son William and his students, who founded Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences; the first major scientific expedition to Spanish Florida by William Maclure, George Ord, Thomas Say, and Titan Peale in 1817; and the work of Academy members and correspondents like Louis Agassiz, John James Audubon, Asa Gray, Clarence Moore, Francis Harper, Henry Fowler, Ernest Hemingway, Charles Chaplin, and Henry Pilsbry. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

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