Explorer, Botanist, Courier, or Spy? André Michaux and the Genet Affair of 1793

From: Castanea | Date: December 1, 2004| Author: Williams, Charlie | Copyright information

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French botanist André Michaux (1746-1802) is well known in botanical history. Working on behalf of France, he spent the years 1785-96 in North America where he traveled widely, explored frontier areas not visited by earlier botanists, and discovered hundreds of plant species new to science. Perhaps the least understood episode of his career concerns his participation in the shadowy political and diplomatic tangle known in U.S. history as the "Genet Affair." In 1793, the Frenc...

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