POSTCARD OF  Litte White Heron : by Mark Catesby (1683– 1749) from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands Londen, 1771 Mark Catesby (24 March 1682/83 – 23 December 1749) was an English naturalist. Between 1729 and 1747 Catesby published his Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America. It included 220 plates of birds, reptiles and amphibians, fish, insects, and mammals, as well as plants. UNUSED c. 2014 POSTCARD SIZE OF CARD: 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.