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RefNoMS/516/9/2
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Frederic D. Drysler, MD, London, to [George James Symons, Chair of the Royal Society Krakatoa Committee]
Date13 October 1884
DescriptionReferring to a letter from his nephew, Francis Henry Hill Guillemard, who was on board the Marchese yacht, which was at Dorey, on the mainland of New Guinea, who writes of Krakatoa explosions having been heard and noted. The distance is approximately 1700 miles.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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