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Paper, 'Account of journey to the summit of Whararai, a mountain Hawaii' by Archibald Menzies

Reference number: L&P/12/40

Date: 1802

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Subject: Geography

Read 9 December 1802

Reference number
L&P/12/40
Earliest possible date
1802
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Ink on paper
Page extent
28 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Account of journey to the summit of Whararai, a mountain Hawaii' by Archibald Menzies, 1802, L&P/12/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_40/paper-account-of-journey-to-the-summit-of-whararai-a-mountain-hawaii-by-archibald-menzies, accessed on 14 July 2025

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