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RefNoEL/W3/53
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TitleLetter, from Nicolaus Witsen [to the Royal Society], dated at Amsterdam
CreatorWitsen; Nicholaes Corneliszoon (1651-1717); Dutch politician; collector; mayor of Amsterdam; administrator of the Dutch East India Company
Date1697
DescriptionAccount of the effects of volcanoes on the Molucca islands. Witsen has transcribed letters sent to him about this
Read to the Royal Society on 5 May 1697
LanguageEnglish
Extent5p
FormatManuscript
Place originAmsterdam, North Holland, (United Provinces) Netherlands
Origin coordinates52.37403, 4.88969
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialPrinted in 'Philosophical Transactions', volume 19, no 228, page 529
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/2bbc0d8c-0bf7-4be5-9f64-baecb4b0d0fd
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8030Witsen; Nicolaus (1641 - 1717); statesman and collector1641 - 1717
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