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LINNEAN3175

From:
Thomas Pennant
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
11 Jun 1791
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/8/17, The Linnean Society of London
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".

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The Linnean Society of London

LINNEAN3176

From:
Thomas Pennant
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
28 Jun 1791
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/8/18, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Intends to use title "Aethiopial Africa" for third volume of ["Outlines of the Globe"]. Asks if Smith knows of any large trees in the Isles of Bourbon [now Réunion, east of Madagascar]. Would like Smith and [William] Hudson to visit him. Shall not publish anymore as he intends his manuscripts for posthumous publication.

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