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Concerning a geographical description of the kingdom of Tunis with a postscript relating to the cure of intermittent fevers by Thomas Shaw, Chaplain to the English Factory at Algiers

Reference number: RBO/14/74

Date: 1729

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Original letter dated 9 July 1729
Engraving of map is attached
Read to the Royal Society on 13 November 1729

Reference number
RBO/14/74
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1729
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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Concerning a geographical description of the kingdom of Tunis with a postscript relating to the cure of intermittent fevers by Thomas Shaw, Chaplain to the English Factory at Algiers, 1729, RBO/14/74, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_74/concerning-a-geographical-description-of-the-kingdom-of-tunis-with-a-postscript-relating-to-the-cure-of-intermittent-fevers-by-thomas-shaw-chaplain-to-the-english-factory-at-algiers, accessed on 06 September 2026

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