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Paper, 'An account of Morne Garou, a mountain in St Vincent with a volcano at its summit' by [Alexander] Anderson

Reference number: L&P/8/105

Date: 1784

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Contains plate.

Subject: Geology
The paper, signed 'Mr Anderson', was misattributed in 1784 to [James] Anderson, but is in fact by the superintendent curator of the St Vincent botanic garden who worked along George Young and had worked with William Forsyth at the Chelsea Physic Garden in London.

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of Morne Garou, a mountain in the island of St. Vincent, with a description of the volcano on its summit. In a letter from Mr. James Anderson, Surgeon, to Mr. Forsyth, His Majesty's Gardener at Kensington communicated by the Right Honourable Sir George Yonge, Bart. F.R.S'

Read 18 November 1784

Reference number
L&P/8/105
Earliest possible date
1784
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
15 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'An account of Morne Garou, a mountain in St Vincent with a volcano at its summit' by [Alexander] Anderson, 1784, L&P/8/105, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_105/paper-an-account-of-morne-garou-a-mountain-in-st-vincent-with-a-volcano-at-its-summit-by-alexander-anderson, accessed on 19 June 2025

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