Editing 1729 in science (section)

==Biology==
* June 8 – The [[Botanic Gardens of Pamplemousses]] on [[Mauritius]] are started by Pierre Barmond.
* [[Mark Catesby]] begins part publication in London of ''The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants ... together with their descriptions in English and French'', the first published account of the [[Flora (plants)|flora]] and [[Fauna (animals)|fauna]] of North America, and the first work of [[natural history]] to use [[folio]]-size coloured plates.<ref>{{cite web|first=F. Nigel|last=Hepper|title=Catesby, Mark (1683–1749)|work=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4882|accessdate=2011-03-23}} {{ODNBsub}}</ref>