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  • “L” is for Lining, John (1708-1760). Physician, scientist. A native of Scotland, Lining studied medicine in Scotland and probably at Leyden University in the Netherlands. He immigrated to Charleston in 1728
  • “L” is for Lining, John (1708-1760). Physician, scientist. A native of Scotland, Lining studied medicine in Scotland and probably at Leyden University in the Netherlands. He immigrated to Charleston in 1728
  • “A” is for Audubon, John James (1785-1851). Artist, naturalist, ornithologist.
  • “A” is for Audubon, John James (1785-1851). Artist, naturalist, ornithologist.
  • In 1722, Mark Catesby stepped ashore in Charles Town in the Carolina colony. Over the next four years, this young naturalist made history as he explored America’s natural wonders, collecting and drawing plants and animals which had never been seen back in the Old World. Nine years later Catesby produced his magnificent and groundbreaking book, The Natural History of Carolina, the first-ever illustrated account of American flora and fauna.In this episode of the Journal we talk with Patrick Dean, author of Nature's Messenger: Mark Catesby and His Adventures in a New World (2023, Simon & Schuster). As Dean will tell us, Catesby was a pioneer in many ways, with his careful attention to the knowledge of non-Europeans in America—the enslaved Africans and Native Americans who had their own sources of food and medicine from nature— which set him apart from other Europeans of his time.
  • “C” is for Catesby, Mark (1682-1749). Naturalist, artist. Catesby's richly illustrated The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands was the first extensively illustrated work on the natural history of any region of North America.
  • “C” is for Catesby, Mark (1682-1749). Naturalist, artist. Catesby's richly illustrated The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands was the first extensively illustrated work on the natural history of any region of North America.
  • “S” is for Savannah River. The headwaters of the Savannah River originate in the mountains near the border where the states of South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina meet.
  • “S” is for Savannah River. The headwaters of the Savannah River originate in the mountains near the border where the states of South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina meet.
  • “S” is for Sassafras Mountain (Pickens County).