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Paper, regarding enquiries about Africa by N Johnston

Reference number: CLP/19/40

Date: 26 January 1668

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Johnston shares a list of questions about Africa and the Mediterranean, beginning with a question about the tides of the Mediterranean.

Subject: Geography / Exploration

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CLP/19/40
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26 January 1668
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, regarding enquiries about Africa by N Johnston, 26 January 1668, CLP/19/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_19_40/paper-regarding-enquiries-about-africa-by-n-johnston, accessed on 13 January 2025

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