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The Art and Science of William Bartram

Explore the New World as depicted by the pioneering 18th century explorer, naturalist and artist, William Bartram.

ISBN: 9780271029146

Author: Judith Magee

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The Art and Science of William Bartram

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This beautiful volume amasses 68 of Bartram’s drawings of the animals and plants he discovered in the American Southeast between 1773 – 1777.

Explore his ground-breaking illustrations and the impact and influences they had on the world of science.

The book follows his journey from early beginnings to his lasting legacy that inspires generations of scientists, artists and writers.

Highlights of the book include Bartram’s witnessing skies full of passenger pigeons, sketching specimens of evening primrose, describing dangerous alligator holes and warrior-like indigenous peoples to his search for a patron in the Natural History Museum in London.

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