Letter, from Nicolaus Witsen [to the Royal Society], dated at Amsterdam
Reference number: EL/W3/53
Date: 01 January 1697
Description
Account of the effects of volcanoes on the Molucca islands. Witsen has transcribed letters sent to him about this
Read to the Royal Society on 5 May 1697
- Reference number
- EL/W3/53
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1697
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Nicolaus Witsen, Nicholaes Corneliszoon Witsen, Letter, from Nicolaus Witsen [to the Royal Society], dated at Amsterdam, 01 January 1697, EL/W3/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_53/letter-from-nicolaus-witsen-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-amsterdam, accessed on 07 June 2026
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