Title-page of Part 7 of an 'Account of an Essay towards a Natural History of Carolina and the Bahama Islands'

7th part of the summary of Mark Catesby's Essay towards a Natural History of Carolina and the Bahama Islands written by Cromwell Mortimer and published in the Philosophical Transactions, the journal of the Royal Society.
This account includes descriptions of the green garfish, the angel fish and the land crab.
Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands: containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants: particulary the forest-trees, shrubs, and other plants, not hitherto described, or very incorrectly figured by authors. Together with their descriptions in English and French. To which are added, observations on the air, soil, and waters: with remarks upon agriculture, grain, pulse, roots, &c., was published by the naturalist Mark Catesby between 1731 to 1743.