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| January 01, 2003 | Pritchard, Margaret B. | COPYRIGHT 2003 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Mark Catesby has long been revered for his monumental publication The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Babama Islands (1731-1743) (1), in which he illustrated the plants and animals he observed during two trips to the British colonies in North America--from 1712 to 1719 and from 1722 to 1726. While in America, Catesby made drawings of the flora and fauna on which he based his printed illustrations. Today, the original watercolors are in the British Royal Collection of the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, where they have been since George III (r. 1760-1820) purchased them in 1768.

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