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Paper, 'Account of the Ganges and Burrampooter' by James Rennell

Reference number: L&P/7/185

Date: 1780

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Contains plate.

Subject: Geography

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the Ganges and Burrampooter rivers'

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Reference number
L&P/7/185
Earliest possible date
1780
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
13 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

James Rennell

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James Rennell, Paper, 'Account of the Ganges and Burrampooter' by James Rennell, 1780, L&P/7/185, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_185/paper-account-of-the-ganges-and-burrampooter-by-james-rennell, accessed on 14 November 2025

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