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Concerning a new chronological table of the Chinese history
Sent to the Royal Society by Thomas Dereham from Rome with one of the original Chinese tables printed at Canton (see RBO/14/27)
Read to the Royal Society on 1 May 1729

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RBO/14/26
Earliest possible date
1729
Page extent
10 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'Memoire instructif sur la nouvelle Table Chronologique des Chinoise' by Father Fouquet, 1729, RBO/14/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_26/memoire-instructif-sur-la-nouvelle-table-chronologique-des-chinoise-by-father-fouquet, accessed on 17 March 2026

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