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Letter, from Theodorus Jonas to Thomas Brown, dated at Hitterdale in Iceland

Reference number: EL/I1/2

Date: 01 January 1664

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Answers queries concerning political and natural history, and astronomy relating to Iceland, with some historical background about Greenland
Read to the Royal Society on 7 June 1710 and 7 February 1711

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EL/I1/2
Earliest possible date
01 January 1664
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Theodorus Jonas

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Theodorus Jonas, Letter, from Theodorus Jonas to Thomas Brown, dated at Hitterdale in Iceland, 01 January 1664, EL/I1/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i1_2/letter-from-theodorus-jonas-to-thomas-brown-dated-at-hitterdale-in-iceland, accessed on 16 September 2024

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