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A43514 Cosmographie in four bookes : containing the chorographie and historie of the whole vvorld, and all the principall kingdomes, provinces, seas and isles thereof / by Peter Heylyn.; Microcosmus Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662. 1652 (1652) Wing H1689; ESTC R5447 2,118,505 1,140

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