Letter, from Jerome Lobo to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Lisbon
Reference number: EL/L5/18
Date: 01 January 1668
Description
Discussion of Lobo's works on Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
Read to the Royal Society on 20 May 1669
Transcription and translation see 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 5, p 55
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- EL/L5/18
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1668
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Jeronimo Lobo, Letter, from Jerome Lobo to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Lisbon, 01 January 1668, EL/L5/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_18/letter-from-jerome-lobo-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-lisbon, accessed on 08 December 2025
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