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| | André Michaux's Travels into Kentucky, 1793–96; François André Michaux's Travels ... |
 | | André Michaux, whose name is known to scientists of both hemispheres, was born at Satory, Versailles, in 1746. |
 | | Michaux's report on the naturalization of American forest trees, made to the Société d'Agriculture du département de la Seine, was printed in 1809. |
 | | Michaux faithfully presents the conditions that confronted travellers in his day—the lack of inns, the straying of horses with the consequent annoyance and delay, the inadequate means for crossing rivers, the frequent necessity for waiting until a sufficient body of travellers had collected to act as a guard through the uninhabited regions. |
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