Paper, 'Of the breeding of Colchester oysters' by Theodore Haak
Reference number: CLP/15i/4
Date: 1662
Description
Haak shares observations on a trip to Colchester [England] where he viewed the 'creeks and pitts [...] harbour and nurcerie [sic]' to learn about the breeding of oysters (Ostreidae).
Subject: Zoology
Read to the Royal Society on 3 December 1662
- Reference number
- CLP/15i/4
- Earliest possible date
- 1662
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Theodore Haak, Paper, 'Of the breeding of Colchester oysters' by Theodore Haak, 1662, CLP/15i/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15i_4/paper-of-the-breeding-of-colchester-oysters-by-theodore-haak, accessed on 14 February 2026
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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