William Bartram was an American botanist, ornithologist, natural historian and explorer. Bartram was the author of an acclaimed book, now known by the shortened title Bartram's Travels, which chronicled his explorations of the southern British colonies in North America from 1773 to 1777. Bartram has been described as "the first naturalist who penetrated the dense tropical forests of Florida".
Portrait by Charles Willson Peale
William Bartram Trail marker in McIntosh County, Georgia, USA
Franklinia alatamaha by William Bartram (1782)
Frontispiece and title page of Travels
John Bartram was an American botanist, horticulturist, and explorer, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for most of his career. Swedish botanist and taxonomist Carl Linnaeus said he was the "greatest natural botanist in the world." Bartram corresponded with and shared North American plants and seeds with a variety of scientists in England and Europe.
Drawing by Howard Pyle
House of John Bartram located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1919