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Letter

5 Jan 1700: Lister, Joseph (fl. 1692-1700) (Amoy, Fujian, (China) People's Republic of China) to Lister, Martin, 1639-1712

Catalogue
Bodleian card catalogue
About Bodleian card catalogue
Dates
5 January 1700

Original Calendar: Unknown.

(As Marked: Jan. 5 1700)

People

Authors

As marked: Lister, J.

Lister, Joseph (fl. 1692-1700)
relative of Martin Lister (1639-1712)

Recipients

As marked: Lister, M.

Lister, Martin, 1639-1712
physician and naturalist

Places
Content

Abstract

He is sending a collection of shells procured at Batavia: describes the Chinese method of communicating small pox, and their custom of murdering female babies (mainly by drowning them), notwithstanding which the country is exceedingly populous.

Language

English

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Versions (originals, copies, etc)

Related Resources

Related Resources

Lister catalogue


Edit Record Source of data: Bodleian card catalogue bulk import 21 February 2010

  Record ID 31673, last changed by Miranda Lewis on 11/07/2012.

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