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Letter, 'Of birds of passage at Cayenne' from Dr Artur to Dr Maty

Reference number: L&P/2/368

Date: 1753

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Subject: Zoology

Read 28 June 1753

Reference number
L&P/2/368
Earliest possible date
1753
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of birds of passage at Cayenne' from Dr Artur to Dr Maty, 1753, L&P/2/368, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_368/letter-of-birds-of-passage-at-cayenne-from-dr-artur-to-dr-maty, accessed on 16 September 2024

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