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A16510 A regiment for the sea conteyning most profitable rules, mathematical experiences, and perfect knovvledge of nauigation, for all coastes and countreys: most needefull and necessarie for all seafaring men and trauellers, as pilotes, mariners, marchants. [et] c. Exactly deuised and made by VVilliam Bourne. Bourne, William, d. 1583. 1574 (1574) STC 3422; ESTC S104662 95,591 154

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