1792 TRAVELS in AMERICA SOUTH CAROLINA BARTRAM Start Price GBP 1,124.99 Current Price GBP 1,124.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, July 23, 2008 End Time Wednesday, July 30, 2008 Location London See more about '1792 TRAVELS in AMERICA SOUTH CAROLINA BARTRAM' Description   Click here to see our other books! Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida By William Bartram FIRST BRITISH EDITION 1792 - London - for J. Johnson 9" by 5" - 520pp plus index   DETAILS First British edition of Bartram's highly esteemed naturalist work on in his travels in America.  Includes frontispiece, folding map and seven further plates, including one folding.  Includes (from the title page) The Cherokke Country The Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy And the Country of the Chactaws Containing An accont of the soil and natural producttions of those regions; Together with observations on the manners of the Indians Embellished with coppper plates. William Bartram (April 20, 1739 — July 22, 1823) was an American naturalist, the son of John Bartram. Bartram was born in Kingsessing, Pennsylvania. He accompanied his father on many of his travels, to the Catskill Mountains and Florida, and was noted at a young age for the quality of the drawings he produced of botanical specimens his father had gathered. He also had an increasing role in the maintenance of his father's showcase garden, and added several rare species to it. In 1773, he set off alone on a four-year journey through eight southern colonies. He made many drawings and took notes on the native flora and fauna, and the native American Indians. He found great cooperation from Ahaya the Cowkeeper, chief of the Alachua band of the Seminole tribe. In 1774, he celebrated Bartram's visit to his principal village at Cuskowilla with a great feast. When Bartram explained to the Cowkeeper that he was interested in studying the local plants and animals, the chief was amused and began calling him "Puc-puggee," or "the flower hunter." But, he also gave him free rein to explore his territory on Payne's Prairie. Upon his return, Bartram published his journal in 1791, under the title Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, etc., which was considered at the time to be one of the foremost books on American natural history. In addition to its contributions to scientific knowledge, Travels is noted for its original descriptions of the American countryside, which in turn influenced many of the Romantic writers of the day. William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and François René de Chateaubriand are known to have read the book, and its influence can be seen in many of their works. CONDITION The binding is split into three parts but all pages are attached.  Both the front and rear covers are detached and missing.  There is wear to the spine which is obviously split and and also cracking.  Internally the book has spotting throughout, heavy in some places, and some handling marks.  There is also some mild staining to some pages.  There is a tear with loss to the corner of the frontispiece which has also been repaired along the fore edge with tape.  Neither affects the text.  The pages have been roughly cut and there is the occasional tear to the edges.  The fold out map has a tear along the central fold slightly affecting the text and has been repaired to the rear with tape.   Page 364 (at the back of the second section) is almost detached.  If you want to keep an eye on what is coming up, just add us to your favourites list! POSTAGE Postage and careful packing will be  UK £1.79 (Parcelforce 48)  USA £2.86 (Royal Mail Airmail Airsure) Both services are TRACKED and INSURED We Ship Worldwide  Please ask for a quote  BUT PRICES ARE HIGHER TO MOST OTHER PLACES All books are packed carefully to survive in bubble wrap and protective packaging This book weighs up to 1 kg when packed GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques     SquareTrade © AP6.0 Powered by eBay Turbo Lister Place a Bid!