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Paper, Account of Richard Blome's treatise on the geographical, hydrographical, and chorographical descriptions of the four parts of the world

Reference number: CLP/22i/4

Date: 1669

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One printed sheet (which is annotated) is a proposal stating that the treatise is ready to go to press. Work published in 1670. Read to the Royal Society on 6 July 1669.

Subject: Geography

Reference number
CLP/22i/4
Earliest possible date
1669
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Printed

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Paper, Account of Richard Blome's treatise on the geographical, hydrographical, and chorographical descriptions of the four parts of the world, 1669, CLP/22i/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_22i_4/paper-account-of-richard-blomes-treatise-on-the-geographical-hydrographical-and-chorographical-descriptions-of-the-four-parts-of-the-world, accessed on 07 February 2026

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