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Letter, from Joannes Weichard Valvasor [to the Royal Society] dated at Carniolia

Reference number: EL/V/37

Date: 15 November 1688

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Concerning the account of the lake at Zirknitz in Carniola [Lake Cerknica, Slovenia]

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EL/V/37
Earliest possible date
15 November 1688
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Johann Weikhard Valvasor

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Johann Weikhard Valvasor, Johann Weichard Valvasour, Letter, from Joannes Weichard Valvasor [to the Royal Society] dated at Carniolia, 15 November 1688, EL/V/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_v_37/letter-from-joannes-weichard-valvasor-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-carniolia, accessed on 09 February 2026

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