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GB-110/JES/COR/8/17
Title
Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
11 Jun 1791
Author(s)
Thomas Pennant 1726-1798
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/17 from Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith (11 June 1791)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/8/17 from Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith (11 June 1791) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Pennant, Thomas
Sent from:
Downing, Flintshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Asks what Linneaus meant by the word 'Aethiopia' when applied to the habitat of plants. Asks which tree produces the "slender cane used for extending the troops of Indies". Currently working on the ninth folio volume of his "Outlines of the Globe" according to plan in his "Introduction to the Arctic Zoology".
Letter date:
11 Jun 1791
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.29
Additional Information:
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| Related Material | Pennant, T, (1798-1800). "Outlines of the Globe. Vol. 1, 2. The View of Hindoostan. Vol. 3. The View of India extra Gangem, China, Japan. Vol. 4. The View of the Malayan Isles, New Holland and the Spicy Islands. [Vol. 3, 4 edited by D. Pennant.]", London; please note not available from Linnean Society Library but available in British Library. Pennant, T, (1792). "Introduction to the Arctic zoology." London : Printed for Robert Faulder; please note not available from Linnean Society Library but available in British Library. |
