Letter, from Thomas Henshaw to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Copenhagen
Reference number: EL/H3/13
Date: 12 December 1672
Description
Observations of Scandinavia - eider's down used to fill quilts and the 'sea unicorn' (narwhal- Arctic white whale with a long tooth); concerning languages used in Iceland; lament at the news of the deaths of John Wilkins and of the Duke of Richmond
Read to the Royal Society on 15 January 1673
- Reference number
- EL/H3/13
- Earliest possible date
- 12 December 1672
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Thomas Henshaw
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Thomas Henshaw, Thomas Henshaw, Letter, from Thomas Henshaw to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Copenhagen, 12 December 1672, EL/H3/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_13/letter-from-thomas-henshaw-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-copenhagen, accessed on 11 February 2026
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Henry Oldenburg
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Thomas Henshaw
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