A project for a Navigation school presented to the E: India company of Scotland, 10 April 1696
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [217]
Scope and Contents
Gregory's thoughts on how Scotland might use her science to emulate the commercial success of England and Holland. The enterprise he probably has in mind is the Darien venture to central America, which sailed from Leith two years later.
Dates
- Creation: 10 April 1696
Creator
Physical Description
1
Physical Description
genreform: manuscript
Extent
From the Fonds: 0.5 metre
Physical Description
1
Physical Description
genreform: manuscript
Processing Information
None.
Processing Information
Duncan Fisher27 August 2002
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk