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'A continuation of an Account of Mr Catesby's Essay towards a Natural History of Carolina and the Bahama Islands: with some Extracts out of the seventh Sett' by Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: RBO/19/69

Date: 1736

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Read to the Royal Society on 3 June 1736

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RBO/19/69
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1736
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7 pages
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'A continuation of an Account of Mr Catesby's Essay towards a Natural History of Carolina and the Bahama Islands: with some Extracts out of the seventh Sett' by Cromwell Mortimer, 1736, RBO/19/69, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_19_69/a-continuation-of-an-account-of-mr-catesbys-essay-towards-a-natural-history-of-carolina-and-the-bahama-islands-with-some-extracts-out-of-the-seventh-sett-by-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 22 April 2026

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