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Letter, 'Concerning the return of de la Condamine and the explorers of Peru' from Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/1/236

Date: 17 December 1743

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Subject: Geography

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Reference number
L&P/1/236
Earliest possible date
17 December 1743
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

Creator name

Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur

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Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur, Letter, 'Concerning the return of de la Condamine and the explorers of Peru' from Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur to Martin Folkes, 17 December 1743, L&P/1/236, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_236/letter-concerning-the-return-of-de-la-condamine-and-the-explorers-of-peru-from-rene-antoine-ferchault-de-reaumur-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 29 April 2025

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