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Paper, 'Description of the moose deer in America' by Paul Dudley

Reference number: CLP/15i/68

Date: May 1721

Description

Dudley presents his observations on the moose (Alces alces), 'one of the noblest creatures of the forest'. He identifies two sorts of moose, the 'common light grey moose' and the 'large, or black moose'.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A description of the Moose-Deer in America'

Communicated by John Chamberlayne. Read to the Royal Society on 4 May 1721

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CLP/15i/68
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May 1721
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Paul Dudley

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Paul Dudley, Paper, 'Description of the moose deer in America' by Paul Dudley, May 1721, CLP/15i/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15i_68/paper-description-of-the-moose-deer-in-america-by-paul-dudley, accessed on 09 July 2025

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