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RefNoEL/V/35
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Joannes Weichard Valvasor [to the Royal Society]
CreatorValvasour; Johann Weichard (1641-1693); soldier
Date17 November 1687
DescriptionSends an account of the lake at Zirknitz in Carniola [Lake Cerknica, Slovenia]; some details about Carniola
Read to the Royal Society on 14 December 1687
LanguageLatin
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialJBO/8/171: JBC Vol 7, pp68-70
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/4d9c71e1-ba5f-47a3-9ca1-d3cc085c6ffb
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CodePersonNameDates
NA4522Valvasor; Johann Weikhard (1641 - 1693); Freiherr von; natural historian and polymath1641 - 1693
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