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A67689 An impartial description of Surinam upon the continent of Guiana in America with a history of several strange beasts, birds, fishes, serpents, insects and customs of that colony, etc. / worthy the perusal of all, from experience of George Warren ... Warren, George, 17th cent. 1667 (1667) Wing W970; ESTC R6956 16,255 34

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