Paper, 'A continuation of an account of Mr. Mark Catesby's essay towards the Natural History of Carolina & the Bahama Islands with some extracts out of the fifth set' by Cromwell Mortimer
Reference number: CLP/22ii/44
Date: 1733
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Abstract of part five 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 select comments on some.
Endorsed 14 June 1733
Subject: Botany, Zoology, Exploration
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- CLP/22ii/44
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- 1733
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Paper, 'A continuation of an account of Mr. Mark Catesby's essay towards the Natural History of Carolina & the Bahama Islands with some extracts out of the fifth set' by Cromwell Mortimer, 1733, CLP/22ii/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_22ii_44/paper-a-continuation-of-an-account-of-mr-mark-catesbys-essay-towards-the-natural-history-of-carolina-the-bahama-islands-with-some-extracts-out-of-the-fifth-set-by-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 14 May 2025
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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