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List of gardener-botanist explorers of the Enlightenment
The Age of Discovery, also known as the Age of Exploration, was a period in history starting in the early 15th century and continuing into the early 17th century during which Europeans engaged in intensive exploration of the world, establishing direct contacts with Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania and mapping the planet. Scientific matters at this time were of little interest as exploration was mostly commercially and politically motivated. Captivated by the lure of gold, silver and spices, Portuguese and Spanish sailors pioneered new trade routes to the Indies.[1]
The Age of Discovery was followed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries by the Age of Enlightenment (also known as the Age of Reason) which was an era of scientific awakening with a strong belief in the power of reason as the primary source of legitimacy and authority.[2] Scientific fervour and intellectual curiosity at this time resulted in many voyages of scientific exploration around the world facilitated by technological innovations that included the theodolite, octant, precision clocks, as well as improvements in the compass, telescope, and general shipbuilding techniques. Naturalists, including botanists and zoologists
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The French radiate Texas: Depiction, Migration, The public 9780292797802
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THE Nation IN TEXAS History, Migration, Culture FRANÇOIS LAGARDE Editor
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TEXANS
FRENCH TEXANS
Given the close connections between New Mexico and Texas throughout history, and the extensive traveling across the American West and Southwest by pioneers, explorers, traders and soldiers, I have included below a preliminary list of the French in Texas.
The French were early traders with the Native Americans and Spanish in Texas. The La Salle expedition landed near Matagorda Bay in 1685, but La Salle was murdered by his own men and the expedition ultimately failed. Three of his men, Grolet, l’Archeveque and Meusnier ended-up in New Mexico. Grolet and L’Archeveque founded family dynasties famous to our days.
After the Louisiana Purchase in 1805, many Frenchmen came to Texas to escape Anglo-American domination. The early French settlers included Creoles, Cajuns, refugees from the slave uprisings in Santo Domingo, and émigrés from the French Revolution. These immigrants were politicians, farmers, businessmen, slave traders, pirates, and soldiers.
Below are a few Frenchmen of Texas (this list is obviously incomplete, I will be delighted to add names that you might suggest to me).
I have not yet included the many French names of the Champ d’Asile in Texas (in 1818, 20 French Bonapartist veterans of the Napoleonic Wars established a sho