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Paper, 'Narrative of a journey from the village of Chamouni, Switzerland [Chamonix, France], to the summit of Mount Blanc on the 8th August 1787' by Mark Beaufoy

Reference number: L&P/9/68

Date: 1787

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Subject: Geography/Exploration

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L&P/9/68
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1787
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15 pages
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Mark Beaufoy, Paper, 'Narrative of a journey from the village of Chamouni, Switzerland [Chamonix, France], to the summit of Mount Blanc on the 8th August 1787' by Mark Beaufoy, 1787, L&P/9/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_68/paper-narrative-of-a-journey-from-the-village-of-chamouni-switzerland-chamonix-france-to-the-summit-of-mount-blanc-on-the-8th-august-1787-by-mark-beaufoy, accessed on 06 September 2026

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