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Letter, 'Sending the first volume of his Natural History of Senegal' from Michel Adanson to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/3/307

Date: 01 January 1758

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Subject: Botany/Zoology/Geography

Read 13 April 1758

Reference number
L&P/3/307
Earliest possible date
01 January 1758
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Michel Adanson

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Michel Adanson, Letter, 'Sending the first volume of his Natural History of Senegal' from Michel Adanson to the Royal Society, 01 January 1758, L&P/3/307, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_307/letter-sending-the-first-volume-of-his-natural-history-of-senegal-from-michel-adanson-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 21 March 2025

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