The Curious Mister Catesby: A "Truly Ingenious" Naturalist Explores New Worlds (Wormsloe Foundation Publication, 12) by Nelson, E. Charles [Editor]; Elliott, David J. [Editor]; Neal, Cynthia P. [Contributor]; Krech III, Shepard [Contributor]; Adler, Kraig [Contributor]; Bauer, Aaron M. [Contributor]; Browne, Janet [Contributor]; Eshbaugh, W. Hardy [Contributor]; Etheridge, - 2015-03-01

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University of Georgia, 2015. Hardcover. New/new. 11x8x1. still in publishers original wrap new in new dust jacket " a truly ingenious naturalist explores new worlds

Athes & London: University of Georgia Press, 2015. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine, Unread Copy, In A Fine Jacket.Laid In Is A Press Release Relating To The Catesby Centre Director, David Elliott. This Large, Overweight Volume Will Require Extra Postage..

University of Georgia Press, 2015. Hardcover. New. In 1712, English naturalist Mark Catesby (1683-1749) crossed the Atlantic to Virginia. After a seven-year stay, he returned to England with paintings of plants and animals he had studied. They sufficiently impressed other naturalists that in 1722 several Fellows of the Royal Society sponsored his return to North America. There Catesby cataloged the flora and fauna of the Carolinas and the Bahamas by gathering seeds and specimens, compiling notes, and making watercolor sketches. 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. Mark Catesby was a man of exceptional courage and determination combined with insatiable curiosity and multiple talents. Nevertheless no portrait of him is known. The international contributors to this volume review Catesby's biography alongside the historical and scientific significance of… Read More

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Univ of Georgia Pr, 2015. Hardcover. New. 425 pages. 11.00x8.00x1.25 inches.

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