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Describing his sailing voyage around the coast of Scotland from which maps and descriptions of the sea coast and isles could be made for the benefit of seamen
Adair hoped to finish his survey of the Western Isles as soon as possible

Subject: Surveying

Read to the Royal Society on 11 January 1698

Reference number
EL/A/48
Earliest possible date
20 December 1698
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John Adair

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John Adair, Letter, from John Adair to Hans Sloane, dated at Edinburgh, 20 December 1698, EL/A/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_a_48/letter-from-john-adair-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 13 October 2024

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