Bartram's Travels
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Bartram's Travels is the short title of naturalist William Bartram's book describing his travels in the American South and encounters with American Indians between 1773 and 1777. The book was publishe
Title page of Bartram's Travels with frontispiece "Mico Chlucco the Long Warrior"
Franklinia
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Franklinia is a monotypic genus in the tea family, Theaceae. The sole species in this genus is a flowering tree, Franklinia alatamaha, commonly called Franklinias or the Franklin tree, and native to t
Bartram's Travels
…scientists in the nineteenth century, Bartram's accuracy was confirmed. He is considered the scientific discoverer of several plant species, including the Franklin tree (Franklinia alatamaha), which was rare when Bartram described it and later became extinct in the wild. Because of the sixteen-year delay between the…
Franklinia alatamaha
Franklinia alatamaha by William Bartram (1782)
Leaves
Leaf closeup