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Tahiti

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Subject Source: Local sources

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Letter to William Wales from John Harrison, Masham, Yorkshire, 1787-05-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/187/13: 1-2
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John Harrison reports that he no longer has any record of the observations he made as purser on HMS Dolphin of the eclipse observed from Port Royal, Tahiti, on 25 July 1767.

Dates: 1787-05-04
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