What Can the Miami History Museum Tell Us?
Interesting information may also be found at the Miami History Museum. Among its exhibits, there is an image of a chief of the Seminole tribe. The author of this portrait is an American naturalist, William Bartram, who embarked on a journey around Southern territories from 1773 to 1777. He shared his observations and research in his book Travels in North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida*. This book contains the aforementioned portrait exhibited in the Miami museum. Bartram’s…