Letters from an American Botanist

The Lutheran Pastor Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Mühlenberg (1753–1815) is remembered today as one of the pioneering figures in early American botany, which earned him the posthumous epithet "The American Linnaeus". This study traces Mühlenberg''s contributions to American botany by reconstructing his vast transatlantic correspondence network over a period of more than 30 years. Working on the tenets o...