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William Gibbons, Doctor of Medicine and ...
Latin Text: :
GULIELMUS GIBBONS Medicinæ Doctor et Collegij S.
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Johannis Baptistæ socius, Vir in facultate suâ peritissimus, ad Scientiam Naturalem promovendam, et ut piscium numerum usque adimpleret, Pisciculum cornutum, Indis Ican. Setang (plurium arrham) benevolus addidit.
Translation: :
William Gibbons, Doctor of Medicine and Fellow of St. John's College, a great expert in his field, generously offered the Museum a little horned fish from the Indian ocean, known as a Setang, in order to promote the study of Natural History and to add to the Museum's collection of fishes. (We hope for more).
Location: : Not listed in the 1836 catalogue. The present location of this object is unknown.
Year: : MDCLXXXIV (1684); Page Number: : 9 (recto)
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