Publisher's Synopsis
BARTRAM SET OUT IN 1773 TO EXPLORE THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF WHAT IS NOW THE UNITED STATES ON BEHALF OF THE BRITISH BOTANIST, JOHN FOTHERGILL, TO SEARCH 'FOR THE DISCOVERY OF RARE AND USEFUL PRODUCTIONS OF NATURE, CHIEFLY IN THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM'. FOR FOUR YEARS, BARTRAM TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY,SENDING HIS PATRON DRAWINGS, JOURNALS, SEEDS AND SPECIMENS OF THE NEW EXOTIC FLORA HE FOUND.
