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Letter, 'Of the currents in the Atlantic Ocean' from Thomas Pownall to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/8/189

Date: 1786

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Subject: Geography

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L&P/8/189
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1786
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Ink on paper
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27 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Pownall

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Thomas Pownall, Letter, 'Of the currents in the Atlantic Ocean' from Thomas Pownall to Joseph Banks, 1786, L&P/8/189, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_189/letter-of-the-currents-in-the-atlantic-ocean-from-thomas-pownall-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 13 June 2025

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