Catesby, MARK, naturalist, born about 1679, probably in London, travelled in North America in 1710-19 and 1722-26, and published Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands (2 vols. 1731-43), Hortus Britanno-Americanus, and a work on the fishes, reptiles, and insects of the Isle of Providence. German translations of the first and last appeared at Nuremberg. He died in London, 23d December 1749.
Catesby, MARK
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 8
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