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Paper, 'Account of Mr. Mark Catesby's Essay towards the Naturall History of Carolina and the Bahama Islands, with some extracts out of the first three sets' by Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: CLP/22ii/42

Date: 1730

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Abstract the first three parts of Catesby's publication 'The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands' (1731-1743), prepared by Royal Society Secretary Cromwell Mortimer, perhaps for the purpose of advertising the publication. Comprises a listing of the species featured in the part, in this case chiefly birds and some plants, with select comments on some.

Endorsed 31 Dec 1730, no. 415 (415 is the issue number of 'The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society' in which the account was printed)

Subject: Botany, Zoology, Exploration

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CLP/22ii/42
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1730
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11 pages
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Cromwell Mortimer

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Mark Catesby

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Cromwell Mortimer, Mark Catesby, Paper, 'Account of Mr. Mark Catesby's Essay towards the Naturall History of Carolina and the Bahama Islands, with some extracts out of the first three sets' by Cromwell Mortimer, 1730, CLP/22ii/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_22ii_42/paper-account-of-mr-mark-catesbys-essay-towards-the-naturall-history-of-carolina-and-the-bahama-islands-with-some-extracts-out-of-the-first-three-sets-by-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 09 October 2026

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