Before the American revolution, botanists from Europe had explored and described the flora of the Carolinas and Florida, and forty-two years before naturalist and illustrator John James Audubon was born, Volume Two of Mark Catesby's folio sized natural history was published in 1729.
Before the American revolution, botanists from Europe had explored and described the flora of the Carolinas, Florida, and the Bahamas. Forty-two years before naturalist and illustrator John James Audubon was born, Volume Two of Mark Catesby's folio sized natural history was published in 1729.