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Unpublished graphs and map, regarding a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean by Henry Toynbee

Reference number: AP/47/10

Date: 1865

Description

Toynbee shares two graphs which track the route of a voyage from England to the Cape [Cape of Good Hope, South Africa]. Followed by [half of] a map of the outward and homeward track of a voyage from the south of England down past South Africa to the Cape of Good Hope.

Marked on front as 'Archives Captain Toynbee 1865'.

Subject: Navigation

Communicated by [Edward] Sabine.

Reference number
AP/47/10
Earliest possible date
1865
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Map
Diagram
Manuscript

Creator name

Henry Toynbee

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Henry Toynbee, Unpublished graphs and map, regarding a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean by Henry Toynbee, 1865, AP/47/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_47_10/unpublished-graphs-and-map-regarding-a-voyage-across-the-atlantic-ocean-by-henry-toynbee, accessed on 05 March 2026

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