adanson's

Updated: April 30, 2025

The fruitfulness of that part lying on and between the two great rivers Senegal and Gambia. Account of the different nations settled there. Order of government amongst the Jalofs. Good account of some of the Fulis. The Mandingos; their management, government, &c. Their worship. M. Adanson's account of those countries. Surprizing vegetation. Pleasant appearance of the country.

Anthony Benezet - Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of Its Inhabitants: An Inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave Trade, Its Nature and Lamentable Effects

Among them, those most deserving of attention are: ADANSON'S cabinet of Natural History, Rue de la Victoire. CASAS' cabinet of Models and Drawings, Rue de Seine, Faubourg St. Germain. CHARLES'S cabinet of Physics, Palais National des Sciences et des Arts. DENON'S cabinet of Drawings, &c. Hotel de Bouillon, Rue J. J. Rousseau.

Francis W. Blagdon - Paris as It Was and as It Is

I even remembered Adanson's description of it, and his statement, that he believed there were some baobab trees five thousand years old, or coeval with the creation of the world. He had himself measured some of them seventy-five feet in girth, and had heard of others that exceeded one hundred! This I could now believe.

Mayne Reid - Ran Away to Sea