| RefNo | CLP/22ii/76 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'A Continuation of an account of an essay towards a Natural History of Carolina & the Bahama Islands by Mark Catesby FRS with some extracts out of the 9th set' by Cromwell Mortimer |
| Date | 1740 |
| Description | Abstract of part nine 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 serpents, with select comments on some.
Read at a meeting of the Royal Society on 31 Jan 1739/40
Subject: Botany, Zoology |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 8p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Royal Society Library holds a copy of this work. University of Virginia holds the summary of part 11, prepared by Catesby and annotated and read by Mortimer, the summary of part 10 is unaccounted for. |
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1737.0055
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 40, no 449, p 343 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6784 | Catesby; Mark (1683 - 1749) | 1683 - 1749 |
| NA8055 | Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752) | c 1699 - 1752 |