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Paper, 'Extract out of the routier aux Indes [route to the Indies]' by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/7i/24

Date: 1677

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The author writes regarding a voyage from the East Indies to the West Indies [Caribbean] around Cape Horn [Chile]. Annexed is a list outlining the stages of the voyage.


Subject: Exploration / Navigation

Reference number
CLP/7i/24
Earliest possible date
1677
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Extract out of the routier aux Indes [route to the Indies]' by unknown author, 1677, CLP/7i/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_7i_24/paper-extract-out-of-the-routier-aux-indes-route-to-the-indies-by-unknown-author, accessed on 06 September 2026

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