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The curious Mister Catesby, a "truly ingenious" naturalist explores new worlds, edited for the Catesby Commemorative Trust by E. Charles Nelson and David J. Elliott ; foreword by Jane O. Waring

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The curious Mister Catesby, a "truly ingenious" naturalist explores new worlds, edited for the Catesby Commemorative Trust by E. Charles Nelson and David J. Elliott ; foreword by Jane O. Waring

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

resource.biographical

individual biography

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

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illustrationsfacsimilesmapsportraits

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The curious Mister Catesby

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bibliography

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892432126

Responsibility statement

edited for the Catesby Commemorative Trust by E. Charles Nelson and David J. Elliott ; foreword by Jane O. Waring

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A Wormsloe Foundation nature book

Sub title

a "truly ingenious" naturalist explores new worlds

Table Of Contents

Foreword / Jane O. Waring -- Introduction -- Catesby chronology -- "The truly honest, ingenious, and modest Mr. Mark Catesby, F.R.S.": documenting his life (1682/83-1749) / E. Charles Nelson -- Behind the scenes: Catesby the man, viewed through the lens of a camera / Cynthia P. Neal -- Mark Catesby's botanical forerunners in Virginia / Karen Reeds -- Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717): pioneering naturalist, artist, and inspiration for Catesby / Kay Etheridge and Florence F.J.M. Pieters -- William Dampier (1651-1715): the pirate of exquisite mind / Diana Preston and Michael Preston -- John Lawson's A new voyage to Carolina and his "Compleat history": the Mark Catesby connection / Marcus B. Simpson Jr. -- Mark Catesby's world: England / Janet Browne -- Mark Catesby's world: Virginia / Sarah Hand Meacham -- Mark Catesby's Carolina adventure / Suzanne Linder Hurley -- Mark Catesby's Bahamian natural history (observed in 1725-1726) / Robert Robertson -- Mark Catesby's preparatory drawings for The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands / Henrietta McBurney -- The publication of Mark Catesby's The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands / Leslie K. Overstreet -- The plant collections of Mark Catesby in Oxford / Stephen A. Harris -- Carl Linnaeus and the influence of Mark Catesby's botanical work / C.E. Jarvis -- The economic botany and ethnobotany of Mark Catesby / W. Hardy Eshbaugh -- "Of birds of passage": Mark Catesby and contemporary theories on bird migration and torpor / Shepard Krech III -- Catesby's animals (other than birds) in The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands / Aaron M. Bauer -- Catesby's fundamental contributions to Linnaeus's binomial catalog of North American animals / Kraig Adler -- Mark Catesby's plant introductions and English gardens of the eighteenth century / Mark Laird -- Following in the footsteps of Mark Catesby / Judith Magee -- Inspiration from The natural history of Carolina ... by Mark Catesby / Ghillean T. Prance -- Conclusions: account, appendix, Hortus, and other endings among Mark Catesby's work / David J. Elliott -- Appendix: identification of the plants and animals illustrated by Mark Catesby for The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands / James L. Reveal

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Mister CatesbyCurious Mr. CatesbyMr. Catesby

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