Letter to Lord Morton [manuscript] : Rio de Janerio, to Sir Joseph Banks. 1768 Dec. 1.

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Letter to Lord Morton [manuscript] : Rio de Janerio, to Sir Joseph Banks. 1768 Dec. 1.

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Letter to Lord Morton from Sir Joseph Banks, Rio de Janiero describing his voyage and the hostility of the Portuguese.

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Morton, James Douglas, Earl of, 1702-1768

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James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton (1702-1768) was educated in Edinburgh and at King's College, Cambridge. An amateur scientist and mathematician, Morton was the first President of the Edinburgh Society for Improving the Arts and Sciences; served as President of the Royal Society from 1764-1768; was one of eight foreign members of the Académie française; and may have served as one of the first trustees of the British Museum. Morton married Agatha Halyburton of Pitcur i...

Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820

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José Francisco Correia da Serra was a Portuguese scholar, naturalist and diplomat. From the guide to the José Francisco Correia da Serra letters, 1810-1823, 1810-1823, (American Philosophical Society) English naturalist From the guide to the Sir Joseph Banks letters, 1802, 1803, 1804, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Scientist and explorer. President of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters and pa...