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Letter, from Henry Justel to Edmond Halley

Reference number: EL/I1/101

Date: 01 January 1686

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Concerning literary notices eg history of pirates in the West Indies [Caribbean]; mentions that two small vessels had sailed from the French port of Brest to Java in four months
Read to the Royal Society on 23 June 1686

Reference number
EL/I1/101
Earliest possible date
01 January 1686
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Henry Justel

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Henry Justel, Letter, from Henry Justel to Edmond Halley, 01 January 1686, EL/I1/101, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i1_101/letter-from-henry-justel-to-edmond-halley, accessed on 06 October 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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