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Bartram, William (1739–1823)

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(born April 9, 1739, Kingsessing, Pa., U.S.—died July 22, 1823, Kingsessing) U.S. naturalist, botanist, and artist. the son of John Bartram, he described the abundant river swamps of the southeastern U.S. in their primeval condition in his Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida (1791). The book was influential among the English and French Romantics (see Romanticism). Bartram was also noted for his renderings of plants and animals.
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1791 Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia etc.


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