William Bartram and His Travels through the Southeastern United States.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 01:59:12
Category: / Society & Culture / Education
Length: 5 pages (1435 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Education
Length: 5 pages (1435 words)
Biography
William Bartram was born on April 20, 1739 in Kingsessing, the area now known as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ("Family Background," par 1). Bartram "was the seventh of eleven children born to the botanist John Bartram and his two successive wives Mary Maris and Ann Mendenhall" ("Family Background," par 1). At a very early age, Bartram loved to learn. He spent much of his time playing in his father's botanical garden and exploring the many resources of his father's personal …
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…Final Years." The
Travels of William Bartram: The Official Site of the Bartram Trail Conference,
Inc. 1999. The Bartram Trail Conference. 13 Nov 2003.
<www.bartramtrail.org/pages/biography/bio7.html>
Sanders, Brad, Margaret Bellamy, and Chuck Spornick. "Two Bartram Themes: Nature
and Civilization." The Travels of William Bartram: The Official Site of the
Bartram Trail Conference, Inc. 1999. The Bartram Trail Conference. 13 Nov
2003.
<www.bartramtrail.org/pages/Travels/travel6.html>
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