“The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, Vol. II” by Mark Catesby
Mark Catesby (1682/83-1749) arrived in Charleston from England in May of 1722 and found “a country inferior to none in fertility and abounding in variety of the blessings of nature, yet its production being very little known, except what barely related to commerce.” His beautifully illustrated two-volume work was first printed in 1731 and 1743.