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Paper, account of the people sent to Africa by the King of Poland in order to make inquiries about the natural history of those parts by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/17/52

Date: 1731

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Taken from 'Commercium Literar. Rei Medic. Specimen'
Read to the Royal Society on 17 February 1732

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CLP/17/52
Earliest possible date
1731
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, account of the people sent to Africa by the King of Poland in order to make inquiries about the natural history of those parts by unknown author, 1731, CLP/17/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_17_52/paper-account-of-the-people-sent-to-africa-by-the-king-of-poland-in-order-to-make-inquiries-about-the-natural-history-of-those-parts-by-unknown-author, accessed on 05 December 2025

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