Mark Catesby - The Booby (Pelecanus Sula)

Mark Catesby was an English naturalist who studied flora and fauna in the New World. Between 1729 and 1747 Catesby published his Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America. It included 220 plates of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, mammals and plants.

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Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.014

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.014 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.078

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.078 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Monedula Tota nigra, The Razor-billed Black-bird of Jamaica; Calceolus &c.

Monedula Tota nigra, The Razor-billed Black-bird of Jamaica; Calceolus &c. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.054

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.054 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Pseudo-Phalangium ramosum; Putorius, The Pol-Cat.

Pseudo-Phalangium ramosum; Putorius, The Pol-Cat. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Turtur minimus guttatus, The Ground Dove; Zanthoxylum spinosum Lentisci foliis, &c., The Pellitory, or Tooth-ach Tree.

Turtur minimus guttatus, The Ground Dove; Zanthoxylum spinosum Lentisci foliis, &c., The Pellitory, or Tooth-ach Tree. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Small Bittern (Ardea virescens)

The Small Bittern (Ardea virescens) (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Guana (Lacerta Iguana)

The Guana (Lacerta Iguana) (1731-1743)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Ardea Stellaris minima, The small Bittern; Fracinus &c.

Ardea Stellaris minima, The small Bittern; Fracinus &c. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Parus Americanus Gutture luteo, the yellow-throated creeper; Acer Virginianum folio majore, The Red flowering maple.

Parus Americanus Gutture luteo, the yellow-throated creeper; Acer Virginianum folio majore, The Red flowering maple. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.020

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.020 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.047

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.047 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Ispida &c., The King-Fisher; Myrtus &c., The narrow-leaved Candle-berry Myrtle.

Ispida &c., The King-Fisher; Myrtus &c., The narrow-leaved Candle-berry Myrtle. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.009

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.009 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Rana Terrestris, The Land-Frog; Sarracena.

Rana Terrestris, The Land-Frog; Sarracena. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)