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GB-110/JES/COR/8/25
Title
Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
15 Nov 1792
Author(s)
Thomas Pennant 1726-1798
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/25 from Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith (15 November 1792)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Pennant, Thomas
Sent from:
Downing, Flintshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Has finished his "supreme opus", the 14th volume of his "Outlines of the Globe", covering islands of Sumatra, the Philippines, Spice Islands, New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, and New Holland [Australia]. Discusses [Georg Eberhard] Rumphius: unsure of the details of his death and believes his drawings were stolen by a nephew of [François] Valentijn for his own work ["Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën", a history of Dutch East India Company and countries of the Far East, the drawings were actually lost in a fire and Rumphius wrote much of the natural history of Valentijin's work]. Requests prints of plants for his manuscripts.
Letter date:
15 Nov 1792
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.4
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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. |
