Mark Catesby - The Land Frog (Rana)

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 Lyon Lizard (Lacerta 6-lineata)

The Lyon Lizard (Lacerta 6-lineata) (1731-1743)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Great Booby (An Thymelaea foliis obtusis, Anseri Bassano & c.)

The Great Booby (An Thymelaea foliis obtusis, Anseri Bassano & c.) (1727-1731)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Ground Dove (Columba passerina)

The Ground Dove (Columba passerina) (1731-1743)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.026

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.026 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Larus Major, The Cut Water.

Larus Major, The Cut Water. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The four-eye’d Night Butterfly.

The four-eye’d Night Butterfly. (1754)

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

The Small Bittern (Ardea virescens) (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.010

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.010 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.062

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.062 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.002

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.002 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Bignonia Americana.

Bignonia Americana. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
1. The largest crested Heron; 2. The Spotted Eft; 3. The Chego; 4. Scarabæus &c.; 5. The Cockroach

1. The largest crested Heron; 2. The Spotted Eft; 3. The Chego; 4. Scarabæus &c.; 5. The Cockroach (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.006

Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.006 (1777)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Pagurus Maculatus, The res mottled Rosk-Crab; Cancer chelis crassissimis, The rough-shell’d Crab.

Pagurus Maculatus, The res mottled Rosk-Crab; Cancer chelis crassissimis, The rough-shell’d Crab. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Red Legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus)

The Red Legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus) (1731-1743)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
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