[Hawksbill Sea Turtle]

Alternative Title

Testudo Caretta, The Hawks-bill-Turtle

Creator

Mark Catesby
Edwin George

Files

Preview

Publisher

Printed for C. Marsh [etc.]

Creation Date

1754

Abstract

Hawksbill Sea Turtle is pictured on land with its nest. From Volume 2, Plate 39 of Mark Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands.

Alt Text

A turtle with a patterned shell near a cluster of eggs on the ocean floor. The illustration uses soft, muted colors.

Keywords

Natural history, Pre-Linnean works, Southern states, Turtles, Sea turtles, Mark Catesby (1683-1749)

Extent

1 plate

Subject: geographic

North Carolina, South Carolina, Bahamas

Physical Collection

Vault

Call Number

Special Collections: VAULT VH-1

Volume

2

Language

English

Identifier

C32-00008

Recommended Citation

Catesby, Mark and George, Edwin, "[Hawksbill Sea Turtle]" (1754). Catesby Collection. Image 8.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/catesby/8