Letter, from Nicolaus Witsen to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/W3/51

Date: 01 January 1671

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Sends a book about Ceylon and has added the Russian alphabet and sketch of the city of Novgorod to it; postscript states that he will send the anatomical sketches of a silkworm and bee by Jan Swammerdam

Reference number: EL/W3/51
Earliest possible date: 01 January 1671
Page extent: 1 page
Format: Manuscript
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Nicolaus Witsen

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Nicolaus Witsen, Letter, from Nicolaus Witsen to Henry Oldenburg, 01 January 1671, EL/W3/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_51/letter-from-nicolaus-witsen-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 26 January 2025

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters W3
1642-1736 Reference number: EL/W3

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Henry Oldenburg
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Nicolaus Witsen
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Dates: 1613-1740

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