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A28984 General heads for the natural history of a country great or small drawn out for the use of travellers and navigators / imparted by ... Robert Boyle ...; to which is added, other directions for navigators, etc. with particular observations of the most noted countries in the world ; by another hand. Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691. 1692 (1692) Wing B3980; ESTC R16299 33,190 146

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