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LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'The latitude and longitude of the islands of St John and Cape Britain' by Wright
Date1768
DescriptionSubject: Geography

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations made on the Islands of Saint John and Cape Briton, to ascertain the longitude and latitude of those places, agreeable to the orders and instructions of the Right Honourable the Lords commissioners for trade and plantations'

Read 3 March 1768
Extent9p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1768.0006
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