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GB-110/JES/COR/8/13
Title
José Antonio Pavon, Madrid, [Spain], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
22 Jul 1813
Author(s)
José Antonio Pavon 1754-1844
Number of Pages
6
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/13 from José Antonio Pavon, Madrid, [Spain], to James Edward Smith (22 July 1813)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Pavon, José Antonio
Sent from:
Madrid, Spain
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sends unpublished monographia of 28 new species of 'Laurel' that he discovered and drew in South America. Asks Smith to review it and inform him of any deviations from Linnaeus' system. Offers to sell specimens. States he was in South America for 11 years, enduring tempests at Cape Horn and in the South Sea; the revolution of the Indians under "Tupac Amaro" [Túpac Amaru II (José Gabriel Túpac Amaru) (1742-1781) leader of an indigenous uprising in 1780 against the Spanish in Peru]; and "the bayonets of famous scholars" in Spain, namely Neron, Targuine, and Maguiable Bonaparte.
Two address labels addressed to Smith in English and Spanish.
Letter date:
22 Jul 1813
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.2
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Publn Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 2, pp.183-185. |
