Concerning petrified items from Bengazzi extracted from a letter from Captain Philip Vanbrugh Commander of his Majesty's Ship Severn to Sir C Wager

Reference number: RBO/15/22

Date: 1730

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Original letter dated 23 May 1730 at Gibraltar
That a Moor was on board ship who claimed that he had received a petrified woman, child, a cat, and two swallows
Read to the Royal Society on 26 November 1730

Reference number: RBO/15/22
Earliest possible date: 1730
Page extent: 1 page
Format: Manuscript

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Concerning petrified items from Bengazzi extracted from a letter from Captain Philip Vanbrugh Commander of his Majesty's Ship Severn to Sir C Wager, 1730, RBO/15/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_15_22/concerning-petrified-items-from-bengazzi-extracted-from-a-letter-from-captain-philip-vanbrugh-commander-of-his-majestys-ship-severn-to-sir-c-wager, accessed on 15 March 2026

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