{"product_id":"empires-nature-amy-r-w-meyers-9780807847626","title":"Empire's Nature: Mark Catesby's New World Vision","description":"Completed in 1747, Mark Catesby's \u003ci\u003eNatural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands\u003c\/i\u003e was the first major illustrated publication on the flora and fauna of Britain's American colonies. Together with his \u003ci\u003eHortus Britanno-Americanus\u003c\/i\u003e (1763), which detailed plant species that might be transplanted successfully to British soil, Catesby's \u003ci\u003eNatural History\u003c\/i\u003e exerted an important, though often overlooked, influence on the development of art, natural history, and scientific observation in the eighteenth century. \u003cbr\u003eInspired by a major traveling exhibition of Catesby's watercolor drawings from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, this collection of interdisciplinary essays considers Catesby's endeavors as a naturalist-artist, scientific explorer, experimental horticulturist, ornamental gardener, and early environmental thinker in terms of the interests held by the various, overlapping communities in which he functioned--particularly as those interests related to the British colonial enterprise.\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors are David R. Brigham, Joyce E. Chaplin, Mark Laird, Amy R. W. Meyers, Therese O'Malley, and Margaret Beck Pritchard. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy R. W. Meyers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807847623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807847626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Omohundro Institute and Unc Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.12w x 0.70d","brand":"Amy R. W. Meyers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926309044479,"sku":"9780807847626","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f6baa3b1-00c9-432d-b3e9-ee0cbb4a9dc3.jpg?v=1681082351","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/empires-nature-amy-r-w-meyers-9780807847626","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}