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- Title
John Lawson the Naturalist.
- Authors
MATHEWES, PERRY
- Abstract
The author discusses the observations of English naturalist and colonist John Lawson in his 1709 book "A New Voyage to Carolina." It examines his engagement with the fields of botany, natural history, and geography. The author notes that Lawson particularly commented on the potential to cultivate and exploit natural resources. Trees discussed include the live oak, or Quercus virginiana, the bald cypress, or Taxodium distichum, and the dogwood, or Cornus florida. Lawson's observations concerning the plant yaupon, or Ilex vomitaria, is also considered.
- Subjects
NORTH Carolina; SOUTH Carolina; UNITED States; LAWSON, John; NEW Voyage to Carolina, A (Book : Lawson); PLANTS; TREES; NORTH Carolina description &; travel; COLONIAL North Carolina, ca. 1600-1775; COLONIAL South Carolina, ca. 1600-1775; LIVE oak; BALDCYPRESS; ILEX vomitoria
- Publication
North Carolina Historical Review, 2011, Vol 88, Issue 3, p333
- ISSN
0029-2494
- Publication type
Article