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A51759 The voyages & travels of Sir John Mandevile, Knight wherein is set down the way to the Holy Land, and to Hierusalem, as also to the lands of the great Caan, and of Prestor John, to Inde, and divers other countries : together with many strange marvels therein. Mandeville, John, Sir.; Jean, d'Outremeuse, 1338-ca. 1399. 1677 (1677) Wing M415; ESTC R21151 84,811 129

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