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Unpublished letter, declarations, and drawing, regarding an Orkney sea snake or fish from Gilbert Meason to Sir Joseph Banks

Reference number: AP/7/9

Date: November-December 1808

Description

A letter from Meason to Sir Joseph Banks and declarations of eyewitnesses relating to the body of an unidentified sea snake or fish that was washed ashore at Rothiesholm in Stronsay, one of the Orkney Islands [Scotland]. Includes a drawing of the collar bone of the fish.

Subject: Marine Biology

Reference number
AP/7/9
Earliest possible date
November-December 1808
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
18 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Unpublished letter, declarations, and drawing, regarding an Orkney sea snake or fish from Gilbert Meason to Sir Joseph Banks, November-December 1808, AP/7/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_7_9/unpublished-letter-declarations-and-drawing-regarding-an-orkney-sea-snake-or-fish-from-gilbert-meason-to-sir-joseph-banks, accessed on 22 March 2025

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