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A37317 Færoæ & Færoa reserata, that is, A description of the islands & inhabitants of Foeroe being seventeen islands subject to the King of Denmark, lying under 62 deg. 10 min. of North latitude : wherein several secrets of nature are brought to light, and some antiquities hitherto kept in darkness discovered / written in Danish by Lucas Jacobson Debes ... ; Englished by J.S. ... ; illustrated with maps. Debes, Lucas Jacobsen, 1623-1675.; Sterpin, Jean. 1676 (1676) Wing D511; ESTC R9923 139,909 451

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