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Has sent three copies of his map of the country around Paris, one for the Royal Society, one for Sloane and one for the Duke of Richmond.

Subject: Cartography

Read 19 November 1741.

Reference number
L&P/1/13
Earliest possible date
1741
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Jean de la Grive

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Jean de la Grive, Letter, on a map of the country about Paris from Jean de La Grive to Hans Sloane, 1741, L&P/1/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_13/letter-on-a-map-of-the-country-about-paris-from-jean-de-la-grive-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 11 October 2024

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