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Paper, 'An answer to some of the enquiries, formerly sent into the East Indies, brought in by Mr Colwall' by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/19/6

Date: 14 November 1662

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Concerning indigenous population, the camphire tree, birds' nests, rhinoceros horn as an antidote, ambergris, 'pedra de porco' (a sort of bezoar). Written at Banton [Scotland].

Subject: Exploration

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CLP/19/6
Earliest possible date
14 November 1662
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'An answer to some of the enquiries, formerly sent into the East Indies, brought in by Mr Colwall' by unknown author, 14 November 1662, CLP/19/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_19_6/paper-an-answer-to-some-of-the-enquiries-formerly-sent-into-the-east-indies-brought-in-by-mr-colwall-by-unknown-author, accessed on 24 April 2025

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