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A36936 A new voyage to the East-Indies in the years 1690 and 1691 being a full description of the isles of Maldives, Cicos, Andamants, and the Isle of Ascention ... / by Monsieur Duquesne ; to which is added, a new description of the Canary Islands, Cape Verd, Senegal, and Gambia, &c. ; illustrated with sculptures, together with a new map of the Indies, and another of the Canaries ; done into English from the Paris edition.; Journal du voyage de Duquesne aux Indes Orientales. English Du Quesne, Abraham, ca. 1653-1724.; Le Maire, Jacques-Joseph. Voyages du sieur Le Maire aux isles Canaries. English. 1696 (1696) Wing D2669; ESTC R3453 113,825 341

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