'An Answer to some of the Inquiries formerly sent into the East Indies brought in by Mr Colwall'
Reference number: RBO/2i/76
Date: 21 October 1661
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Written at Bantam [Banten, Java, Indonesia] on 14 November 1662
Concerning indigenous population, the camphire tree, birds' nests, rhinoceros horn as an antidote, ambergris, 'pedra de porco' (a sort of bezoar)
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- RBO/2i/76
- Earliest possible date
- 21 October 1661
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- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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'An Answer to some of the Inquiries formerly sent into the East Indies brought in by Mr Colwall', 21 October 1661, RBO/2i/76, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_2i_76/an-answer-to-some-of-the-inquiries-formerly-sent-into-the-east-indies-brought-in-by-mr-colwall, accessed on 23 May 2025
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