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'A Short account of a trading Voyage perform'd by Joseph Kellug an Englishman of New England in Company with Six French men from Canada to Missisippi in the year 1710 in two Canoos made of Birch Bark with some general Remark made by the Said Kellug'

Reference number: RBO/11/32

Date: 1721

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Read to the Royal Society on 11 May 1721

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RBO/11/32
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1721
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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'A Short account of a trading Voyage perform'd by Joseph Kellug an Englishman of New England in Company with Six French men from Canada to Missisippi in the year 1710 in two Canoos made of Birch Bark with some general Remark made by the Said Kellug', 1721, RBO/11/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_11_32/a-short-account-of-a-trading-voyage-performd-by-joseph-kellug-an-englishman-of-new-england-in-company-with-six-french-men-from-canada-to-missisippi-in-the-year-1710-in-two-canoos-made-of-birch-bark-with-some-general-remark-made-by-the-said-kellug, accessed on 01 December 2024

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