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'A particular Description of the Kingdom of Tunis' in letters to Sir Hans Sloane by Reverend Thomas Shaw

Reference number: RBO/14/121

Date: 1730

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Original letter dated 10 October 1729 at Algier
Geographical account of Tunis
Discussing the placing of Utica
Read to the Royal Society on 14 May 1730

Reference number
RBO/14/121
Earliest possible date
1730
Page extent
12 pages
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Manuscript

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'A particular Description of the Kingdom of Tunis' in letters to Sir Hans Sloane by Reverend Thomas Shaw, 1730, RBO/14/121, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_121/a-particular-description-of-the-kingdom-of-tunis-in-letters-to-sir-hans-sloane-by-reverend-thomas-shaw, accessed on 23 May 2025

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