Empire's Nature by Margaret Beck Pritchard
Completed in 1747, Mark Catesby's ""Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands"" was a major illustrated publication on the flora and fauna of Britain's American colonies. Together with his ""Hortus Britanno-Americanus"", which detailed plant species that might be transplanted successfully to British soil. Catesby's ""Natural History"" exerted an impotant influence on the development of art, natural history, and scientific observation in the 18th century. Inspired by a major travelling exhibition of Catesby's watercolour drawings from the Royal Library, this interdisciplinary collection considers Mark Catesby's endeavours as a naturalist-artist, scientific explorer, experimental horticulturist, ornamental gardener, and early environmental thinker in terms of the interests held by the various, overlapping communities in which he functioned.
Amy R. W. Meyers is curator of American art at The Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California.|Margaret Beck Pritchard is curator of prints, maps, and wallpaper at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Virginia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780807847626 |
| ISBN 10 | 0807847623 |
| Title | Empire's Nature |
| Author | Margaret Beck Pritchard |
| Series | Published By The Omohundro Institute Of Early American History And Culture And The University Of North Carolina Press |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Year published | 1999-03-31 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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