Grab Catesbys Birds Of Colonial America Narrated By Alan Feduccia Viewable As Edition

With this lovely and informative volume, Alan Feduccia preserves the pathbreaking work of Mark Catesby, the English naturalist and illustrator who founded natural history and bird art in America, First published by UNC Press in, the book features allbird illustrations,color plates, and the entire text from Catesby's pioneering "Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahamas, " Annotating Catesby's writings from a modern perspective, Feduccia discusses the perception of each species during the Colonial period, comments on its habits, and compares Catesby's observations with those of such other early naturalists as John White, John Lawson, Alexander Wilson, and John James Audubon.

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