Darby, William

William Darby

(With an Introduction by Dr. Joe Knetsch)

    First published in 1821in Philadelphia, the Memoir on the Geography, and Natural History and Civil History of Florida (with map) is among the first treatments of Florida, which came into American hands in 1821.  Darby's book inspired a whole generation of Americans to visit the new territory and to settle it.  This volume is an exact reproduction of the 1821 original.

    Dr. Joe Knetsch, a noted historian of early Florida, has written an Introduction that places the man Darby in the context of the expansion of the United States and manifest destiny.