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RefNoL&P/5/234
LevelItem
TitleLetter, 'Description of two new tortoises' from Thomas Pennant to Mathew Maty
Date1771
DescriptionSubject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of two new tortoises; in a letter to Matthew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S.: By Thomas Pennant, Esq. F. R. S'

Read 2 May 1771
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1771.0032
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7115Pennant; Thomas (1726 - 1798)1726 - 1798
NA4514Maty; Matthew (1718 - 1776)1718 - 1776
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