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Subject: Zoology

Read 10 May 1759

Reference number
L&P/3/383
Earliest possible date
10 May 1759
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

George Edwards

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George Edwards, Letter, 'Of birds from Terra Firma, north of the river Amazon' from George Edwards to Hugh Willoughby, 10 May 1759, L&P/3/383, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_383/letter-of-birds-from-terra-firma-north-of-the-river-amazon-from-george-edwards-to-hugh-willoughby, accessed on 21 January 2025

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