Peter Kalm's Travels in North America: The English Version of 1770

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Renown 18th century Finnish explorer, naturalist, and botanist, Pehr (Peter) Kalm, was commissioned in 1747 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to travel to North America to gather seeds and plants that could prove agriculturally profitable. He spent much of his time in the Hudson River Valley and along the Saint Lawrence River waterway studying fauna and flora of the regions. He made numerous observations regarding the medicinal properties of various plants. Along the way, he also recorded the customs, societal structures, and commerce of various European and indigenous cultures. Kalm’s record provides valuable insight into life as it was in mid-18th century North America.In this first volume of Travels Into North America, Peter Kalm records his travels to the North American continent. He focuses much of his exploration in what is now eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York. He includes such interesting topics as an explanation for the rampant tooth decay exhibited in many Europeans, as well as various anecdotes from cities and towns throughout the region.

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Renown 18th century Finnish explorer, naturalist, and botanist, Pehr (Peter) Kalm, was commissioned in 1747 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to travel to North America to gather seeds and plants that could prove agriculturally profitable. He spent much of his time in the Hudson River Valley and along the Saint Lawrence River waterway studying fauna and flora of the regions. He made numerous observations regarding the medicinal properties of various plants. Along the way, he also recorded the customs, societal structures, and commerce of various European and indigenous cultures. Kalm’s record provides valuable insight into life as it was in mid-18th century North America.In this second volume of Travels Into North America, Peter Kalm continues recording his observations during his exploration in what is now eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. He includes such interesting topics as the method for making bark canoes, food and equipment of indigenous peoples, licenses for marrying in America, as well as various anecdotes from cities and towns throughout the region.

Travels Into North America, Volume 2

Renown 18th century Finnish explorer, naturalist, and botanist, Pehr (Peter) Kalm, was commissioned in 1747 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to travel to North America to gather seeds and plants that could prove agriculturally profitable. He spent much of his time in the Hudson River Valley and along the Saint Lawrence River waterway studying fauna and flora of the regions. He made numerous observations regarding the medicinal properties of various plants. Along the way, he also recorded the customs, societal structures, and commerce of various European and indigenous cultures. Kalm’s record provides valuable insight into life as it was in mid-18th century North America.In this third volume of Travels Into North America, Peter Kalm focuses much of his exploration along the Saint Lawrence River in what is now Quebec, Canada. He includes such interesting topics as a comparison between the French and English peoples, observations on food, customs, and commerce of numerous indigenous peoples, kitchen herbs and paper currency, as well other anecdotes from cities and towns throughout the region.

Travels Into North America, Volume 3 (Travels Into Nother America)

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 1 covers Kalm's Atlantic crossing, and describes the plant and animal life of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Travels into North America: Containing its Natural History, with the Civil, Ecclesiastical and Commercial State of the Country (Cambridge Library Collection - North American History)

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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.

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 3 focuses on Kalm's observations of plants and animals in Canada, especially around the French-speaking settlements.

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 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 North American travels, and was first published in English (translated via German by John Reinhold Forster) in 1770-1.

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Excerpt from Travels Into North America, Vol. 3: Containing Its Natural History, and a Circumstantial Account of Its Plantations and Agriculture in General, With the Civil, Ecclesiatical and Commercial State of the Country, the Manners of the Inhabitants, and Several Curious and Important Remarks on VarI could have left this volume without preface, was it not for some circumstances, which I am going to mention.The author of this account of North-America is a Swede, and therefore seems always to shew a peculiar way of thinking in regard to the English in general, and in regard to the first proprietors and inhabitants of Philadelphia in particular. The French, the natural enemies of the English, have, for upwards of a century, been the allies of the Swedes, who therefore are in general more fond of them than of the English.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Peter Kalm's Travels in North America: The English Version of 1770

Travels Into North America, Volume 1

Travels Into North America, Volume 2

Travels Into North America, Volume 3 (Travels Into Nother America)

Travels into North America: Containing its Natural History, with the Civil, Ecclesiastical and Commercial State of the Country (Cambridge Library Collection - North American History)

Travels into North America: Containing its Natural History, with the Civil, Ecclesiastical and Commercial State of the Country (Cambridge Library Collection - North American History)

Travels into North America: Containing its Natural History, with the Civil, Ecclesiastical and Commercial State of the Country (Cambridge Library Collection - North American History)

Travels into North America 3 Volume Set: Containing its Natural History, with the Civil, Ecclesiastical and Commercial State of the Country (Cambridge Library Collection - North American History)

Travels Into North America, Vol. 3: Containing Its Natural History, and a Circumstantial Account of Its Plantations and Agriculture in General, With ... the Manners of the Inhabitants, and Several