A Journal of Travel Into the Arkansa Territory, During the Year 1819: With Occasional Observations on the Manners of the Aborigines

by Thomas Nuttall

Book Overview

Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859), an English-born scientist and Fellow of the Linnean Society, is well-known for his botanical and zoological discoveries in North America. By the time this book was first published in 1821, he had spent ten years travelling and recording the natural history of the continent. Nuttall's journal recounts a year-long expedition along the Arkansas River, where he collected and classified many previously unknown species of plants...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108032494
• ISBN13: 9781108032490
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"