Early nature artists in Florida: Audubon and his fellow explorers

Contents

From London and Florida : Catesby and the Royal Society -- "The beauty of their colours" : Catesby as and artist of nature -- The ibis, the flamingo and the coral : images from Catesby's work -- Migratory creatures : Catesby as a natural historian -- "Nature's noblemen" : the Bartrams and British Florida -- Crossing the lake of alligators -- The flower hunter : Bartram and the Seminole -- The case of the missing vulture -- "Silver regions of the clouded skies" : science and artistry in Travels -- Escape from Napoleon : Audobon's origin story -- Pelicans, a faithful dog and swashbuckling caracaras : St. Augustine and the St. John's River -- "Elegance and grace" : Florida wading birds -- Acrobatic terns and joyous cormorants : the dry tortugas and the keys -- Scrub-jays and birds of prey : treasure hunting in Florida -- Sandhill cranes and roseate spoonbills : Birds of America and the birds of Florida.