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Letter, 'Of poisonous fish in the South Seas - voyage of HMS Resolution' from William Anderson to

Reference number: L&P/6/185

Date: 23 April 1776

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some poisonous fish in the South Seas. In a letter to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P.R.S. from Mr. William Anderson, late surgeon's mate on board his Majesty's ship the Resolution, now surgeon of that ship'

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L&P/6/185
Earliest possible date
23 April 1776
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Ink on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of poisonous fish in the South Seas - voyage of HMS Resolution' from William Anderson to, 23 April 1776, L&P/6/185, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_185/letter-of-poisonous-fish-in-the-south-seas-voyage-of-hms-resolution-from-william-anderson-to, accessed on 15 September 2024

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