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.
2015
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Title
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.
Published
Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2015.
Description
xviii, 425 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm
Associated name
Series statement
Wormsloe Foundation nature book
Summary
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 his work. 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.
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
"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 Eshhaugh
"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.
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 Eshhaugh
"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.
Series
Wormsloe Foundation nature book.
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QH31.C35 C87 2015