Mark Catesby

Botanist, Author

1683 – 1749

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Who was Mark Catesby?

Mark Catesby was an English naturalist. 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 and amphibians, fish, insects, and mammals, as well as plants.

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Born
Mar 24, 1683
Essex
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Died
Dec 1, 1749

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on July 23, 2013

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