Paper, 'That Captain Cook sought for Cape Circumcision under the proper meridian' by William Wales
Reference number: L&P/7/238
Date: 1782
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Subject: Navigation/Exploration
Read 31 January 1782
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- L&P/7/238
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- 1782
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- 13 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Wales, Paper, 'That Captain Cook sought for Cape Circumcision under the proper meridian' by William Wales, 1782, L&P/7/238, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_238/paper-that-captain-cook-sought-for-cape-circumcision-under-the-proper-meridian-by-william-wales, accessed on 14 May 2025
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Decade 7 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1778-1782 Reference number: L&P/7
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William Wales
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James Cook
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