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Mr. Watt ( - fl. 1690s)

Ship surgeon Relevant locations: Visited Cape of Three Points, Guinea
Relationships: Mr. Watt was a associate or acquaintance (general) of James Skeen (-fl. c. 1703)

References in Documents:
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 7. Gramen Lagopoides GUINEENSE, spica longa nutante Musei nostri 238. This Grass hath Spikes upright as well as bending, particularly while they are young, as I have lately observed in several Specimens Collected by Mr. Watt and Mr. Skeen Surgeons at Cape 3 Puntas on the Coast of Guinnea.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 5. Unicornu WIDENSE nodosum & verrucosum. an Buccinum fuscum, nodosis striis distinctum List. H. C. L. 2. Tab. 122. Fig. 18. Observed at WIDA on the Coast of Guinnea, by Mr. Wat Surgeon, and given me by Mr. Skeen. Mr. John Kirckwood hath also found it at Old Calabar.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 10. Papilio albus Angolensis apicibus miniaceis. Mr. John Kirckwood first brought me this from Angola, it hath since been caught at Wida, by Mr. Watt and Mr. Skeen Surgeons.