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Mark Catesby (24 March 1683 – 23 December 1749) was an English naturalist who studied the flora and fauna of the New World. Between 1729 and 1747, Catesby published his Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America. It included 220 plates of birds, reptiles ...
In February 1722, Mark Catesby, a 40-year old Englishman with an enigmatic past and an insatiable curiosity for the wondrous serendipity of nature, set sail from London on a three-month voyage to South Carolina.
Catesby spent some twenty years on The Natural History project until his death in 1749. He was a pioneer in the field of scientific illustration, and his work was known in America and Europe, but his books were not a commercial success.
Mark Catesby, an English naturalist, came to Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1712 and spent the next several years sketching and collecting plants and animals from Virginia's tidewater region.
Aug 31, 1997 · Early in the 18th century between 1712 and 1726 a single-minded and curious British naturalist named Mark Catesby made two extended trips to America. Back in England, his wealthy patrons were...
This all changed when British born naturalist, Mark Catesby, became the first to illustrate a widespread collection of plants and animals in America. Catesby became well known throughout Europe and America after his publication of Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands.
The illustrations and text in Mark Catesby's The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands provide a look at the flora and fauna that populated the southeastern United States and the Caribbean in the 18th century.
Jul 19, 2019 · Mark Catesby was the first naturalist to draw indigenous plants as backgrounds for the birds and animals published in his beautiful, ground-breaking book ‘The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands' between 1729 and 1747.
Dec 2, 2022 · Mark Catesby (1683-1749) was one of the most influential naturalists of the early 18th century. Mark Catesby's famous two volume work ‘The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands’ (published between 1731-1743) remained an authority on American natural history for over 100 years!
Nov 30, 2012 · This British-born artist, scientist, and explorer, set sail for the American Colonies for the first time in 1712. During his seven year stay, Catesby began studies of the natural world that would occupy the rest of his life.
