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Observations of the Island of New Providence made in 1723 by Mr Lightbody, surgeon in the service of the Bahama company communicated by J Douglas

Reference number: RBO/11/128

Date: 1724

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Details about the climate, soil, produce, trees, wood, plants, fruit, fish, fowl and other birds, reptiles and insects
Read to the Royal Society on 30 April 1724

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RBO/11/128
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1724
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12 pages
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Observations of the Island of New Providence made in 1723 by Mr Lightbody, surgeon in the service of the Bahama company communicated by J Douglas, 1724, RBO/11/128, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_11_128/observations-of-the-island-of-new-providence-made-in-1723-by-mr-lightbody-surgeon-in-the-service-of-the-bahama-company-communicated-by-j-douglas, accessed on 05 December 2025

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