The 'turtle of Carolina' and the 'may apple' Rene Vincent Plate 24 from volume I

Plate 24 from volume I of The natural history of Carolina

seated and posed at a writing desk with a pen poised over paper in his right hand

Interior view of the Well Tower

View of the monument to the politician Robert Waithman (Lord Mayor of London in 1823)

The 'turtle of Carolina' and the 'may apple' Rene Vincent Plate 24 from volume I'Turtor carolinenesis', the turtle of Carolina, with the leaves and flower of 'Anapodophyllon canadense morini', the may apple (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Zenaida macroura, the mourning dove; Podophyllum peltatum, the may apple). Plate 24 from volume I of The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, by Mark Catesby (London, 1731). Mark Catesby was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1733. Original: