Letter, from Nicolaus Witsen to Martin Lister, dated at Amsterdam
Reference number: EL/W3/54
Date: 03 October 1698
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Observations of 'Nova Hollandia': the soil; trees, shellfish; the coast line
Read to the Royal Society on 26 October 1698
- Reference number
- EL/W3/54
- Earliest possible date
- 03 October 1698
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Nicolaus Witsen, Nicholaes Corneliszoon Witsen, Letter, from Nicolaus Witsen to Martin Lister, dated at Amsterdam, 03 October 1698, EL/W3/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_54/letter-from-nicolaus-witsen-to-martin-lister-dated-at-amsterdam, accessed on 15 May 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Martin Lister
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Nicolaus Witsen
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