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Paper, 'Description of the isle of Hirta [Scotland]' by Robert Moray

Reference number: CLP/7i/3

Date: 1661

Description

Moray presents details about the island of Hirta, near St Kilda, off the Outer Hebrides: its wildlife, geology and indigenous population.

Subject: Exploration

Read to the Royal Society on 28 August 1661

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A description of the Island Hirta; communicated also by Sr, Robert Moray'

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CLP/7i/3
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1661
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Moray

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Robert Moray, Paper, 'Description of the isle of Hirta [Scotland]' by Robert Moray, 1661, CLP/7i/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_7i_3/paper-description-of-the-isle-of-hirta-scotland-by-robert-moray, accessed on 04 October 2024

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