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6/28/2012 with apologies for cross-posting
A few years back, I alerted this list to the Catesby Trust's
documentary, "The Curious Mr. Catesby," an award-winning DVD about
the 18th century English naturalist/artist whose first-hand accounts
of American birds, animals, and plants profoundly shaped European
impressions of North America and Native Americans. The film was shown
widely on public television.
Now Mark Catesby is back in the spotlight -- with a major conference
to celebrate the 300th anniversary of his first visit to North
America in 1712. Even one day of the 6-day conference (in 3 cities!)
would be worth the trip, I think. Details below.
To whet your appetite, look at Catesby's etchings and text in The
natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands:
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma02/amacker/etext/home.htm (first
edition text, 1731-1743)
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/mobot31753000502945 (1754 edition)
Karen Reeds
(Full disclosure: I'm on the program for Mon. Nov. 7, in Richmond VA.)
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http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=195241 and
http://www.catesbytrust.org/tercentennial/
Catesby Tercentennial Symposium - Nov. 4-9, 2012
Location: United States
Conference Date: 2012-11-04
Date Submitted: 2012-06-16
Announcement ID: 195241
The Catesby Commemorative Trust, along with the Society for the
History of Natural History and the Garden Club of America, will
gather top international scholars to celebrate the 300th anniversary
of Englishman Mark Catesby's arrival in North America. The six-day,
three-city conference will include lectures from more than 20
presenters from various disciplines that include art, wildlife,
natural history, conservation and economics.
From November 4-9th, 2012 senior academics, historians and curators
will gather in Richmond, VA, Washington, DC and Charleston & Kiawah,
SC to lecture, present, lead tours and facilitate discussion about
the artist, explorer, scientist, horticulturalist, and
conservationist, Mark Catesby. Institutions represented in the
Tercentennial include: the Smithsonian, Oxford University, University
of Amsterdam, Harvard University, Yale University, Brown University,
Cornell University, Royal (Kew) Botanic Gardens, US Botanic Garden,
and the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. Conference
attendees will also have the opportunity to view Catesby artworks,
plant species he encountered and his landmark publication Natural
History of Carolina, Florida & the Bahama Islands....
Contact: Kirstie Tucker
Catesby Commemorative Trust
1-888-925-9922
Email: [log in to unmask]
Visit the website at http://www.catesbytrust.org/
--
Karen Reeds, PhD, FLS
Guest Curator, Come into a New World: Linnaeus & America
American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia, 2007
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ , 2008
Exhibition guide available from
http://www.dianepublishing.net/category_s/490.htm (p.4)
Guest Curator, Botanica Magnifica: Photographs by Jonathan Singer
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, through August 26, 2012
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