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Paper, observations of a new burning island risen at the Azores by Captain John Robeson

Reference number: CLP/9i/67

Date: May 1721

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Drawings with captions showing observations made in December 1719 and January 1720 by Captain John Robeson in the Azores near Tercera. The drawings in graphite and ink show several views of the smoking island from different directions.

Subject: Geology

Read to the Royal Society on 24 May 1722.

Reference number
CLP/9i/67
Earliest possible date
May 1721
Physical description
Ink and graphite on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Drawing

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Paper, observations of a new burning island risen at the Azores by Captain John Robeson, May 1721, CLP/9i/67, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9i_67/paper-observations-of-a-new-burning-island-risen-at-the-azores-by-captain-john-robeson, accessed on 18 September 2024

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