The purple martin and the 'Smilax (forte) lenis' Finish:none Fine view of the Steam

Fine view of the Steam Cloud from Mount Rotomahana

John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1773

He also was Mercedes' driver in Land Speed Record attempts

boath from the West Indies

View looking across the Thames

The purple martin and the 'Smilax (forte) lenis' Finish:none Fine view of the Steam'Hirundo purpurea', the purple martin, and 'Smilax (forte) lenis, folio anguloso hederaceo' (Catesby's identifications; modern scientific names: Progne subis, the purple martin; Cocculus carolinus, the Carolina coralbead). Plate 51 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: etching. 1731