| Reference number | EL/S1/21 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Robert Southwell to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Lisbon |
| Creator | Southwell; Sir; Robert (1635-1702); diplomat and government official |
| Date | 16 March 1669 |
| Description | Sends two boxes of curiosities from Angola, Brazil and Portugal - hopes the seeds will arrive for the Spring; concerning Gabriel Grisley's work on plants; sends a book by Lobo on the history of Ethiopia; details of a pallas tree in Goa from a Franciscan friar; sends some 'Bee flowers' and melon seeds
Read to the Royal Society on 20 May 1669 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal |
| Origin coordinates | 38.71667, -9.13333 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 5, p 433 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/736093ef-619c-4e95-bbac-6b2b23b1599a |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
| NA8282 | Southwell; Sir; Robert (1635 - 1702); diplomat and government official | 1635 - 1702 |