Andre Michaux: The Most Famous of the Unknown Botanists. Wednesdays, 9:15 - 10:15am 3 wks, Beginning June 11
Though mostly unknown in the 2020s, French botanist Andre Michaux spent eleven years in North America (1785 - 1796), studying the flora of the Carolinas and Georgia, Spanish Florida and the Bahamas, and distant Quebec and unsettled Illinois Territory. Jefferson tapped him to find the source of the Missouri River, and his trek served as a dress rehearsal to the Lewis and Clark expedition. The peripatetic botanist whom no one has heard of introduced more than 700 plants to science.
Though mostly unknown in the 2020s, French botanist Andre Michaux spent eleven years in North America (1785 - 1796), studying the flora of the Carolinas and Georgia, Spanish Florida and the Bahamas, and distant Quebec and unsettled Illinois Territory. Jefferson tapped him to find the source of the Missouri River, and his trek served as a dress rehearsal to the Lewis and Clark expedition. The peripatetic botanist whom no one has heard of introduced more than 700 plants to science.
Though mostly unknown in the 2020s, French botanist Andre Michaux spent eleven years in North America (1785 - 1796), studying the flora of the Carolinas and Georgia, Spanish Florida and the Bahamas, and distant Quebec and unsettled Illinois Territory. Jefferson tapped him to find the source of the Missouri River, and his trek served as a dress rehearsal to the Lewis and Clark expedition. The peripatetic botanist whom no one has heard of introduced more than 700 plants to science.