Paper, observations of a new burning island risen at the Azores by Captain John Robeson
Reference number: CLP/9i/67
Date: May 1721
Description
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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