Head of a bird from the Canaries
Date
25 April 1692
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p289
Material
Dimensions
height (Page): 313mm
width (Page): 197mm
width (Page): 197mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Two small ink drawings in the text indicating the shape of the head of a bird found in the Canary Islands, called 'Bovitas'. From a copy of a letter dated 25 April 1692 at Grand Canary, from on board the ship Modena, by George Handisyde, surgeon in the Royal Navy, to Hans Sloane.
This is copied in LBC/12/330.
This is copied in LBC/12/330.
Related fellows
Hans Sloane (1660 - 1753, Irish) , Physician
Associated place