In its time, it was considered the most significant work of American natural history.
American botanist and naturalist William Bartram (1739-1823) embarked upon a solitary four-year journey, just prior to the American Revolution, through what is now the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida, through Cherokee and Creek cou.
It is, in short, one of the most important volumes of 18th-century nature and travel writing.
Coleridge, Emerson, and Wordsworth were fans, and drew from it for their own work.
In its time, it was considered the most significant work of American natural history