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Subject: Geography

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A memoir on the geography of the north-eastern part of Asia, and on the question whether Asia and America are contiguous, or are separated by the sea'.

Read 11 December 1817.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.

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PT/12/2
Earliest possible date
1817
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Ink on paper
Page extent
25 pages
Format
Manuscript

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James Burney

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James Burney, Paper, 'A memoir on the geography of the north eastern part of Asia, and on the question whether Asia and America are contiguous or are separated by the sea' by Captain James Burney, 1817, PT/12/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_12_2/paper-a-memoir-on-the-geography-of-the-north-eastern-part-of-asia-and-on-the-question-whether-asia-and-america-are-contiguous-or-are-separated-by-the-sea-by-captain-james-burney, accessed on 13 January 2026

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