Travels into North America : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general, with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects

Date:

1770-71.

Author:

Kalm, Pehr, 1716-1779.

Collecting Area:

Rare Books

Call Number:

E 162 K16 1770 local

Location:

V

Publisher:

The editor

Abstract:

Peter Kalm (1716-79) was a Finnish-Swedish botanist who travelled extensively to observe the natural world in Sweden, Finland, Russia and Ukraine, and became a professor of 'oeconomie' - the economic application of subjects such as mineralogy, botany, zoology and chemistry - at the university of Turku. Between 1747 and 1751 he set out on a journey through eastern North America to gather specimens, especially from regions with a similar climate to Sweden. Because Kalm travelled though the area when much of it was still unknown to Europeans, this work has some of the first recorded accounts of places such as Niagara Falls. Kalm played an important part in forging scientific links between Sweden, England and North America. This three-volume work details his travels, and was first published in English in 1770-1. Volume 2 gives detailed descriptions of the plants and animals Kalm observes in New Jersey and New York.

Physical Description:

3 v. : plates, fold. map ; 21 cm.

Notes:

Title purchased as part of the University Libraries' Two Millionth Volume Celebration. local

Subjects:

Natural history United States, Natural history Canada, Scientific expeditions, Natural history, Scientific expeditions, and Travel

Genres/Forms:

Early works and Subscribers' lists England 18th century. rbgenr

Geographic Terms:

United States Description and travel Early works to 1800, Canada Description and travel Early works to 1800, Canada, New Jersey, New York (State), Pennsylvania, Québec, and United States