Travels of William Bartram

Travels of William Bartram
ISBN-10
0486138666
ISBN-13
9780486138664
Category
Nature
Pages
448
Language
English
Published
2012-04-30
Publisher
Courier Corporation
Author
William Bartram

Description

First inexpensive, illustrated edition of early classic on American geography, plants, Indians, wildlife, early settlers. Influenced Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Chateaubriand. "A book of extraordinary beauty." — The New York Times. 13 illustrations.

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