Record

RefNoCLP/15i/73
LevelItem
TitlePaper, regarding a description of a large fish seen off the coast of Lisbon by Isaac de Sequeira Samuda
Date21 January 1723
DescriptionSamuda shares a translation of an article from the Portuguese Gazette about a large fish, possibly a whale. The French call the whale 'soufleur' or 'bufalina', and the Dutch call it 'kapeku'. This is followed by a copy of the original Portuguese printed document.

Subject: Zoology

Read to the Royal Society on 14 February 1723
LanguageEnglish
Portuguese
Extent5p
FormatManuscript and Printed
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordRBO/11/75
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5339Samuda; Isaac de Sequeira (c.1681 - 1729)c.1681 - 1729
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