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A54705 The present state of Tangier in a letter to His Grace the lord chancellor of Ireland and one of the lords justices there : to which is added the present state of Algiers. Philips, George, 1599?-1696.; Philips, George, 1599?-1696. Present state of Algiers. 1676 (1676) Wing P2027A; ESTC R26210 24,647 138

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