In 1712, English Naturalist Mark Catesby (1683-1749) crossed the Atlantic to Virginia.
He has been executive director of the Catesby Commemorative Trust since 2002..
ELLIOT is founder, chairman, and now Honorary Trustee of the Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy.
Elliott (Editor) DAVID J.
David J.
His most recent title is Shadow among Splendours: Lady Charlotte Wheeler-Cuffe\'s Adventures among the Flowers of Burma, 1897-1921 .
He served as Honorary Editor of Archives of Natural History (1999-2012) and has written or edited, singly or collaboratively, nearly forty books.
Charles Nelson is a botanist who served for two decades as a horticultural taxonomist at the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin, Dublin.
Charles Nelson (Editor) E.
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Reveal, Robert Robertson, Marcus B.
Prance, Diana Preston, Michael Preston, Karen Reeds, James L.
Pieters, Ghillean T.
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Overstreet, Florence F.
Neal, Charles Nelson, Leslie K.
Jarvis, Shepard Krech III, Mark Laird, Henrietta McBurney, Judith Magee, Sarah Meacham, Cynthia P.
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Hardy Eshbaugh, Kay Etheridge, Stephen A.
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Contributors Kraig Adler, Aaron M.
Ultimately, this lavishly illustrated volume advances knowledge of Catesby\'s explorations, collections, artwork, and publications in order to reassess his importance within the pantheon of early naturalists.
The international contributors to this volume review Catesby\'s biography alongside the historical and scientific significance of his work.
Nevertheless no portrait of him is known.
Mark Catesby was a man of exceptional courage and determination combined with insatiable curiosity and multiple talents.
Going home to England after five years, he began the twenty-year task of writing, etching, and publishing his monumental The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands .
There Catesby cataloged the flora and fauna of the Carolinas and the Bahamas by gathering seeds and specimens, compiling notes, and making watercolor sketches.
They sufficiently impressed other naturalists that in 1722 several Fellows of the Royal Society sponsored his return to North America.
After a seven-year stay, he returned to England with paintings of plants and animals he had studied.
In 1712, English Naturalist Mark Catesby (1683-1749) crossed the Atlantic to Virginia
