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Unpublished appendix, 'An account of treasure recovered daily at Cape Frio [Cabo Frio], between the 31st day of March 1831, and the 10th day of March 1832, by His Majesty's sloop "Lightning"' by Thomas Dickinson

Reference number: AP/18/6

Date: 1834

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Seven pages of tables listing recovered treasures from HMS Thetis. This should be considered as an appendix to AP/18/4.

Reference number
AP/18/6
Earliest possible date
1834
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Unpublished appendix, 'An account of treasure recovered daily at Cape Frio [Cabo Frio], between the 31st day of March 1831, and the 10th day of March 1832, by His Majesty's sloop "Lightning"' by Thomas Dickinson, 1834, AP/18/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_18_6/unpublished-appendix-an-account-of-treasure-recovered-daily-at-cape-frio-cabo-frio-between-the-31st-day-of-march-1831-and-the-10th-day-of-march-1832-by-his-majestys-sloop-lightning-by-thomas-dickinson, accessed on 21 April 2026

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