Florida Explored: The Philadelphia Connection in Bartram’s Tracks - Couverture rigide

Bennett, Thomas Peter

 
9780881466935: Florida Explored: The Philadelphia Connection in Bartram’s Tracks

Synopsis

The work of William Bartram, a colonial explorer of the American Southeast, inspired a group of pioneering naturalists to establish the nation's first research natural history musem in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1812. The discoveries and collections made by Bartram and those who followed him created databases for research and understanding of Florida's natural heritage, current, and future ecosystems.

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À propos de l?auteur

Thomas Peter Bennett, a Florida native, is the author of many articles and books about topics now synthesized in Florida Explored: The Philadelphia Connection in Bartram's Tracks, which is based on his work at Harvard, Florida State University, Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences, Florida Museum of Natural History, South Florida Museum, as well as his own extensive travels in Bartram’s tracks.

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