| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 442 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Illustrations and Maps; A Note on This Edition; Acknowledgments; Bernard Romans: His Life and Works; Romans's History as a Source for Understanding the Eighteenth-Century South; Romans's Copper Plate I llustrations, Maps, and Table; A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Bernard Romans's A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida, William Bartram's Travels, and James Adair's History of the American Indian are the three most significant accounts of the southeastern United States published during the late 18th century. This new edition of Romans's Concise Natural History, edited by historian Kathryn Braund, provides the first fully annotated edition of this early and rare description of both the European settled areas and the adjoining Indian lands in what are now the states of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-426) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Natural history -- Florida
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Natural history -- Gulf States
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NATURE -- Essays.
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NATURE -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
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Natural history
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Florida
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United States -- Gulf States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Braund, Kathryn E. Holland, 1955-
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| LC no. |
99006088 |
| ISBN |
0585306664 |
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9780585306667 |
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9780817384234 |
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0817384235 |
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