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The curious Mister Catesby : a "truly ingenious" naturalist explores new worlds
- 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.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2015] ©2015
- Description
- xviii, 425 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits (some color) ; 29 cm.
- Other contributors
- Nelson, E. Charles, editor of compilation. Elliott, David J. (David John), 1935- Catesby Commemorative Trust, issuing body.
- Portion of title
- Mister Catesby
- Uniform series
- Wormsloe Foundation nature book.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-383) and indexes. "A bibliography for Mark Catesby": pages 385-402.
- Contents
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- "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.
- Subject headings
- Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749. Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749--Influence. Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749. Natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. Natural history illustration--History--18th century. Natural history--Southern States--Pictorial works. Natural history--North America--Pictorial works. Naturalists--Southern States--Biography. Natural history illustrators--Southern States--Biography.
- Genre heading
- Biographies. Illustrated works.
- ISBN
- 9780820347264 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0820347264 (hardcover : alk. paper)