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'An Account of Mr Gordons Voyage in his Majesties Ship to the Levant' communicated by Robert Southwell

Reference number: RBO/7/120

Date: 1696

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Details of voyage around the Mediterranean Sea - details about Cyprus, Aleppo, Antioch
List of items brought back from the Levant
That there were errors in 'our modern Geography' which were noticed while sailing in the Mediterranean

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RBO/7/120
Earliest possible date
1696
Page extent
14 pages
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Manuscript

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'An Account of Mr Gordons Voyage in his Majesties Ship to the Levant' communicated by Robert Southwell, 1696, RBO/7/120, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_7_120/an-account-of-mr-gordons-voyage-in-his-majesties-ship-to-the-levant-communicated-by-robert-southwell, accessed on 14 November 2025

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