| RefNo | EL/V/36 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Joannes Weichard Valvasor to the Royal Society |
| Creator | Valvasour; Johann Weichard (1641-1693); soldier |
| Date | 17 November 1687 |
| Description | Details of the lake at Zirknitz in Carniola [Lake Cerknica, Slovenia] with subterraneous passages
Engraving attached
Read to the Royal Society on 14 December 1687 |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 28p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Engraving |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | JBO/8/171
English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 16, no 191, p 411
Acta Eruditorum, Leipzig, 1689 pp 634-644
CMC Vol 2 pp 97-8
JBC Vol 7, pp 70-73, and meeting 11 January 1688
JBC Vol 7, pp 74, 76, 98-99
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| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/4883ceb4-ff08-439b-9892-96b81aa70da2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4522 | Valvasor; Johann Weikhard (1641 - 1693); Freiherr von; natural historian and polymath | 1641 - 1693 |