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ATLANTIC JOURNAL 
; ‘ ' 4 " AND - 
A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF 
HISTORICAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES, USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, &c. 
* WITH FIGURES. 
BY C. S. RAFINESQUE, 
Professor of Historical and Natural Sciences, Member of many learned Socie- 
ties in America and Europe, Author of many Works, &c. &c. 
Knowledge is the mental food of man. 
Vox.. I. 
Philadelphia, Spring- op 1833. 
No. 5. 
119. American Travellers. 
Who have written their tra- 
vels ? The Americans are great 
travellers at home and abroad 
for pleasure, health, or busi- 
ness, as settlers, traders, sur- 
veyors, agents, missionaries, 
navigators, adventurers, &c.f 
but few are qualified to write 
their observations, fewer still 
write them. 
1 have sent to the society of 
Geography of Paris, a long 
critical account of all these last 
from 1820 to 1832, dividing 
them into 6 series. In general 
travels at home or in N. Arne 
rica are the best, abroad the 
Americans are supercicial, ig 
norant of languages, and defi- 
cient in high acquirements. I 
give here an abridgement of it. 
First Series. Travellers in 
North America. 
Astley, 1824. Upper Missou- 
ri and New Mexico. 
Atwater, 1831. To N. West. 
Audubon, 1831. Florida, &c. 
Gatlin, 1832. On Missouri 
to Mandans. 
Darby, 1820. From .New-’ 
York to Detroit. 
Dunn, 1826. Guatimala. 
Dwight, 1828. Northern 
States and Canada. 
Flint, 1826. Western States. 
Hall, 1828. Ditto. 
Hunter, 1823. Among West- 
ern Indians. 
James & Long, 1823. Mis- 
souri, Oregon and Arkansas. 
Keating, 1824. ToN.West. 
Mackenny, 1827. Lake Su- 
perior. | 
Morse, 1822. Among Indian 
tribes. 
Nuttall, 1821. Arkansas. 
Poinsett, 1822. Mexico. 
Rafinesque, 1818 to 1830. 
Fragments of his travels in 18 
States—-! 831. The Mexicans 
in 1830. 
Schoolcraft, 1821. Missis- 
sippi— 1823. Illinois, &c. 
Silliman, 1820. Canada,— 
Many excursions in his Jour- 
nal. 
Smith, (Jed) 1827V New 
Mexico. 
Stanbury, 1822. Gfr. Lakes. 
