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Pevensey

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Subject Source: Local sources

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NS II Variation, varieties-81 Note, 1856-04-01 - 1856-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.10: 82
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Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


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Dates: 1856-04-01 - 1856-04-30
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Papers on the Julian invasion, 1748 - 1852

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/466
Scope and Contents Material relating primarily to Airy's paper on Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain and his path through South-East England. Airy asserted that Caesar landed at Pevensey, but this was challenged in a paper by F.B. Martin, which stated that he landed near Ramsgate. There is considerable correspondence on this topic, with a nautical chart of the Dover Straits; a map of the Goodwin Sands; and the 'Proceedings of the Society of Antiquities'. Other subjects covered include the geography of the...
Dates: 1748 - 1852
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