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Letter, 'Progress of geography' from Robert de Vaugondy to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/2/505

Date: 1754

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Subject: Geography

Read 16 May 1754

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L&P/2/505
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1754
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Progress of geography' from Robert de Vaugondy to Thomas Birch, 1754, L&P/2/505, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_505/letter-progress-of-geography-from-robert-de-vaugondy-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 09 June 2026

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