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A44124 The improvement of navigation a great cause of the increase of knowledge a sermon preached June 7, 1680 before the Corporation of Trinity House in Deptford Strand, at the election of their master / by Richard Holden, Vicar of Deptford. Holden, Richard, 1626 or 7-1702. 1680 (1680) Wing H2380; ESTC R4281 14,377 40

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