Mark Catesby - Vipera caudisona, The Rattle-Snake; The Section of a Rattle; A Rattle of Twenty-four joynts; A Tooth.

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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Althea [Alcea] Floridana, The Loblolly-Bay; Avis Tricolor, The Painted Finch.

Althea [Alcea] Floridana, The Loblolly-Bay; Avis Tricolor, The Painted Finch. (1754)

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Unicornis piscis, The Bahama Unicorn-Fish; The form of a Tooth.

Unicornis piscis, The Bahama Unicorn-Fish; The form of a Tooth. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Lacertus, The Alligator.

Lacertus, The Alligator. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Quercus Anpotius, Ilex Marilandica folio longo angusto salicis, Willow Oak; Picus Maximus rostro Albo, Largest White-Billed Wood-pecker.

Quercus Anpotius, Ilex Marilandica folio longo angusto salicis, Willow Oak; Picus Maximus rostro Albo, Largest White-Billed Wood-pecker. (1754)

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

Anas minor, The little brown Duck. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Viscum; Sciurus, The Grey Fox-Squirrel.

Viscum; Sciurus, The Grey Fox-Squirrel. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Smilax &c. ; Hirundo Purpurea, The Purple Martin.

Smilax &c. ; Hirundo Purpurea, The Purple Martin. (1754)

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

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

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Vipera Fusca, The Brown-Viper; Arum &c.

Vipera Fusca, The Brown-Viper; Arum &c. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Volubilis siliquosa Mexicana plantagini folio, The Vanelloe.

Volubilis siliquosa Mexicana plantagini folio, The Vanelloe. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Muræna maculata nigra, The Black Muray; Lithophyton &c.

Muræna maculata nigra, The Black Muray; Lithophyton &c. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Anas minor, The Buffel’s Head Duck.

Anas minor, The Buffel’s Head Duck. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Frutex &c.; Anguis gracilis cæruleo-viridis, The blueish-green Snake.

Frutex &c.; Anguis gracilis cæruleo-viridis, The blueish-green Snake. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Perca &c., The Croker; Perca rubra &c., The Squirrel.

Perca &c., The Croker; Perca rubra &c., The Squirrel. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Urogallus minor.

Urogallus minor. (1754)

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