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A07401 The vvorke of Pomponius Mela. the cosmographer, concerninge the situation of the world wherein euery parte, is deuided by it selfe in most perfect manner, as appeareth in the table at the ende of the booke. A booke right plesant and profitable for all sortes of men: but speciallie for gentlemen, marchants, mariners, and trauellers, translated out of Latine by Arthur Golding Gentleman.; De chorographia. English Mela, Pomponius.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606. 1585 (1585) STC 17785; ESTC S112496 64,473 102

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