Mark Catesby - The Hog-nose Snake (Boa contortrix)

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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The Muray (Muraena helena)

The Muray (Muraena helena) (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Barracuda (Esox barracuda)

The Barracuda (Esox barracuda) (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.061

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.061 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.004

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.004 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Cat Fish (Silurus catus)

The Cat Fish (Silurus catus) (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Mellivora &c. , The Humming-bird; Bignonia &c., The Trumpet-Flower.

Mellivora &c. , The Humming-bird; Bignonia &c., The Trumpet-Flower. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.040

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.040 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.030

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.030 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Anas minor, The little brown Duck.

Anas minor, The little brown Duck. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.068

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.068 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Testudo marina viridis, The Green-Turtle.

Testudo marina viridis, The Green-Turtle. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Lacertus viridis Jamaicensis, The Green-Lizard of Jamaica; Lignum Campechianum, Logwood.

Lacertus viridis Jamaicensis, The Green-Lizard of Jamaica; Lignum Campechianum, Logwood. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Passer niger, Occulis rubris, The Towhe Bird; Passer fusca, The cow-pen Bird.

Passer niger, Occulis rubris, The Towhe Bird; Passer fusca, The cow-pen Bird. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Prunus maritima racemosa, The Mangrove Grape-Tree; Phalæna Caroliniana &c.

Prunus maritima racemosa, The Mangrove Grape-Tree; Phalæna Caroliniana &c. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.098

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.098 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
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