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Paper, regarding a description of a large fish seen off the coast of Lisbon by Isaac de Sequeira Samuda

Reference number: CLP/15i/73

Date: 21 January 1723

Description

Samuda shares a translation of an article from the Portuguese Gazette about a large fish, possibly a whale. The French call the whale 'soufleur' or 'bufalina', and the Dutch call it 'kapeku'. This is followed by a copy of the original Portuguese printed document.

Subject: Zoology

Read to the Royal Society on 14 February 1723

Reference number
CLP/15i/73
Earliest possible date
21 January 1723
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript and Printed

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Isaac de Sequeira Samuda

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Isaac de Sequeira Samuda, Paper, regarding a description of a large fish seen off the coast of Lisbon by Isaac de Sequeira Samuda, 21 January 1723, CLP/15i/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15i_73/paper-regarding-a-description-of-a-large-fish-seen-off-the-coast-of-lisbon-by-isaac-de-sequeira-samuda, accessed on 08 May 2026

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