Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho, Lisbon, [Portugal], to James Edward Smith, London

Summary

Received Smith's last letter of 16 August from L'Abbé Correa. Awaiting arrival of copies of Smith's "Tour of the Continent" and "Lectures on Botany", has ordered his work on the "Insects of Georgia" and [George Leonard] Staunton's book, has already read passages on Madeira, Prague and Rio de Janeiro. [Carlo Antonio Ludovico] Bellardi pursuing his botanical work with a passion. Hopes Smith will visit Portugal one winter.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN2670

From

Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

22 Nov 1797

Sent from

Lisbon, Portugal

Sent to

London

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/3/92, The Linnean Society of London

Language

French

Contributor

The Linnean Society of London[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith, The Linnean Society's Archive Catalogue.

• Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho
• Sir James Edward Smith