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Paper, 'Portion of a narrative of travel in Japan' by Carl Peter Thunberg

Reference number: L&P/13/17

Date: c.1780

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English translation of a short extract from paper.

Subject: Exploration

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Ett kort utdrag af en journal, hållen på en resa til och uti Kejsaredömet Japan, gjord af Doctor Thunberg åren 1775 och 1776, skrifvit til Herr Joseph Banks, Praeses uti Royal Society, i London'

Read 10 February 1780

Reference number
L&P/13/17
Earliest possible date
c.1780
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Ink on paper
Page extent
12 pages
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Manuscript

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Carl Peter Thunberg

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Carl Peter Thunberg, Paper, 'Portion of a narrative of travel in Japan' by Carl Peter Thunberg, c.1780, L&P/13/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_13_17/paper-portion-of-a-narrative-of-travel-in-japan-by-carl-peter-thunberg, accessed on 17 August 2026

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