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A68498 Nevv Mexico. Otherwise, The voiage of Anthony of Espeio who in the yeare 1583. with his company, discouered a lande of 15. prouinces, replenished with townes and villages, with houses of 4. or 5. stories height, it lieth northward, and some suppose that the same way men may by places inhabited go to the lande tearmed Deʻ Labrador. Translated out of the Spanish copie printed first at Madreel, 1586, and afterward at Paris, in the same yeare.; Historia de las cosas mas notables de la China. English. Selections González de Mendoza, Juan, 1545-1618.; Loyola, Marín Ignacio de, d. 1606. aut; Avanzi, Francesco. 1587 (1587) STC 18487; ESTC S110080 12,043 34

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