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RefNoCLP/10i/31
LevelItem
TitleList, 'A catalogue of plants growing within the fortifications of Tanger [Tangier] in 1673' by Mr [Robert] Spottswood [Spotswood]
Date1673
DescriptionCatalogue in Latin of species of plants growing within Tanger [Tangier, Morocco]. Robert Spotswood was a surgeon in Tangier who gathered plants and seeds for Mr [Alexander] Balaam and Dr [Robert] Morison.

Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A catalogue of plants growing within the fortifications of Tangier, wrote in the Year 1673. by Mr. Spottswood (a surgeon, who lived there, and gathered plants and seeds for Mr. Balaam and Dr. Morison) which by the author was given to Dr. Love Morley, who communicated it'.

Communicated by Dr Love Morley.
LanguageLatin
Extent9p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1695.0034
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 19, no 220, p 239
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