An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

16061 entries, 14144 authors and 1947 subjects. Updated: December 10, 2024

NUTTALL, Thomas

4 entries
  • 7771

The genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species to the year 1817. 2 vols.

Philadelphia: For the Author by D. Heartt, 1818.

The first comprehensive botany of the United States. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.



Subjects: BOTANY, COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › United States
  • 7772

A journal of travels into the Arkansas territory, during the year 1819. With occasional observations on the manners of the aborigines. Illustrated by a map and other engravings.

Philadelphia: T. H. Palmer, 1821.

Nuttall travelled  from Philadelphia, down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to the Arkansas. From there he travelled across Arkansas to the interior of the modern Oklahoma; returning via the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers, and then to New Orleans. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.



Subjects: ANTHROPOLOGY, COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › United States , COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › United States › American South, NATURAL HISTORY, U.S.: CONTENT OF PUBLICATIONS BY STATE & TERRITORY › Arkansas, U.S.: CONTENT OF PUBLICATIONS BY STATE & TERRITORY › Louisiana, U.S.: CONTENT OF PUBLICATIONS BY STATE & TERRITORY › Oklahoma, VOYAGES & Travels by Physicians, Surgeons & Scientists
  • 7773

A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada. Vol. 1: The land birds. Vol. 2: The water birds.

Cambridge, MA: Hilliard & Brown, 1832 – 1834.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.



Subjects: COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Canada, COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › United States , NATURAL HISTORY, ZOOLOGY › Ornithology
  • 7774

The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia, considered particularly with respect to their use in the arts, and their introduction into commerce; to which is added a description of the most useful of the European trees. Illustrated by 156 coloured engravings. Translated from the French of F. Andrew Michaux ... With three additional volumes, containing all the forest trees discovered in the Rocky Mountains, the Territory of Oregon, down to the shores of the Pacific and into the confines of California, as well as in various parts of the United States. Illustrated by 122 finely coloured plates. 6 vols.

Philadelphia: J. Dobson, 1841 – 1849.

The first study of all the trees of North America. Digital facsimile of all 6 vols. from the Hathi Trust at this link.



Subjects: BOTANY › Botanical Illustration, BOTANY › Dendrology, COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Canada, COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › United States