Project Gutenberg 2021-05-22 Public domain in the USA. 276 St. John, James Augustus 1795 1875 John, J. A. St. John, James Saint John, James Augustus John, James Augustus St. The Lives of Celebrated Travellers, Vol. 2 (of 3) Joseph Pitton de Tournefort -- Dr. Thomas Shaw -- Frederic Hasselquist -- Lady Wortley Montague -- Richard Pococke -- John Bell -- John Ledyard -- George Forster -- James Bruce -- Jonas Hanway -- Antonio de Ulloa. Turgut Dincer, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Lives of Celebrated Travellers, Vol. 2 (of 3)" by James Augustus St. John is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This volume appears to focus on the biographies of various notable explorers and botanists, detailing their life stories, travels, and contributions to science and knowledge. The book likely explores how these individuals navigated various cultures and environments in their quests for discovery and understanding. The opening of the book introduces Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, who is portrayed as a passionate botanist deeply engaged in the study of plants throughout his travels in Europe and the East. The narrative details his early life, his aversion to traditional theology, and his early experiences in botany, illustrating his adventurous spirit as he collects specimens and documents his findings. This section sets the tone for an exploration of Tournefort's character, his scientific pursuits, and the challenges he faced during his journeys, such as being mistaken for a robber or overcoming significant physical dangers while in exotic locales. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 54.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Adventure and adventurers -- Biography Travelers -- Biography Explorers -- Biography G Text Category: Biographies Category: Travel Writing Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Science - Biology 737907 2025-09-26T05:08:46.174873 text/html 714527 2024-10-18T13:54:21 text/html 558250 2025-09-26T05:08:53.482805 application/epub+zip 562763 2025-09-26T05:08:47.519795 application/epub+zip 377411 2025-09-26T05:08:46.815833 application/epub+zip 730329 2025-09-26T05:08:58.575784 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 686103 2025-09-26T05:08:52.903810 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 500935 2022-09-29T12:42:29.838467 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 690166 2025-09-26T05:08:45.641935 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 670153 2024-10-18T13:54:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17668 2025-09-26T05:08:58.710755 application/rdf+xml 12989 2025-09-26T05:08:46.899842 image/jpeg 2525 2025-09-26T05:08:46.858811 image/jpeg 527904 2025-09-26T05:08:46.238848 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia