Adanson

This was the first time that I saw the baobab, that enormous tree which has been described by Adanson, and which bears his name.

Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. Pierre Raymond de Brisson

Adanson, under the name of Baobab, [10] the circumference of which is often found to be above one hundred feet.

Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. Pierre Raymond de Brisson

Adanson, also cited by Moquin, found a specimen of _Bocconia_ with a corolla.

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters

Adanson has made this observation of the Negroes on the Senegal.

History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George W. Williams 1870

Devoted from early youth to the study of natural history, Adanson wished to become famous by the discovery of new species.

Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Jules Verne 1866

Adanson throughout his explorations, we should gain little fresh information.

Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Jules Verne 1866

Shaw in Algeria and Tunis -- Hornemann in the Fezzan -- Adanson in

Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Jules Verne 1866

It was hopeless to dream of obtaining them in Europe, and, in spite of opposition, Adanson selected Senegal as the field of his labours.

Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Jules Verne 1866

It is true that Adanson was by no means the first naturalist to encounter similar dangers, but he was the first to undertake them, with so much enthusiasm, at his own cost, and without hope of reward.

Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Jules Verne 1866

Adanson, who traveled in Senegal in 1794, made a calculation to show that one of these trees, 30 feet in diameter, must be 5,150 years old.

Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture William Saunders 1861