For lovers of Catesby bird illustrations!
[cid:image004.jpg@01D2BD1F.3E140160]The Curious Mister Catesby: A "Truly Ingenious" Naturalist Explores New Worlds by Leslie Overstreet Wednesday, April 26, at 4:00pm Mann Library, Stern Seminar Room 160 Join us for a lecture by Leslie Overstreet, curator of Natural-History Rare Books at the Smithsonian Libraries. This event opens Mann Library's spring 2017 exhibit program<http://events.cornell.edu/event/Catesby> and is in conjunction with the Department of Plant Science's Horticulture Seminar Series featuring Mark Catseby's plant introductions and their impact on 18th century gardens. English naturalist Mark Catesby (1683-1749) crossed the Atlantic to Virginia and after a seven-year stay, he returned to England with paintings of plants and animals he had studied. Impressed by his collection, several Fellows of the Royal Society sponsored his return to North America where he cataloged the flora and fauna of the Carolinas and the Bahamas by gathering seeds, specimens, compiling notes, and making watercolor sketches. His seminal work - The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands - influenced giants in the history of science, from Audubon to Carl Linnaeus, and the plants he sent back to Europe changed horticulture on the continent immeasurably. Overstreet, contributing author of the book The Curious Mister Catesby: A "Truly Ingenious" Naturalist Explores New Worlds (University of Georgia Press, March 2015), will talk about the historical and scientific significance of his findings. Reception following the lecture. This event is sponsored by Mann Library and the School of Integrative Plant Sciences. For more information about the exhibit and related programs, see this week's Chronicle article: "Mann Library exhibit introduces naturalist Mark Catesby<http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/04/mann-library-exhibit-introduces-naturalist-mark-catesby>" Free and open to all. Lynn M Bertoia Program Coordinator Library Administration 234 Olin Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-4813 lm...@cornell.edu<mailto:lm...@cornell.edu> -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
