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Letter, 'Chart form'd upon the new discoveries in America made by Admiral Fuentes' from Joseph de Guignes to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/2/306

Date: 01 June 1752

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Subject: Geology

Read 4 June 1752

Reference number
L&P/2/306
Earliest possible date
01 June 1752
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Joseph de Guignes

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Joseph de Guignes, Letter, 'Chart form'd upon the new discoveries in America made by Admiral Fuentes' from Joseph de Guignes to Thomas Birch, 01 June 1752, L&P/2/306, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_306/letter-chart-formd-upon-the-new-discoveries-in-america-made-by-admiral-fuentes-from-joseph-de-guignes-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 20 January 2025

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