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Hoskins shares a series of questions about the rock, earth and water of Iceland, related to the series of enquiries published in the Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Geography

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RBO/2i/16
Earliest possible date
24 December 1662
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1 page
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Manuscript

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John Hoskyns

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John Hoskyns, Observations of Iceland by Mr Hoskins, 24 December 1662, RBO/2i/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_2i_16/observations-of-iceland-by-mr-hoskins, accessed on 14 December 2025

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