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A09258 A briefe introduction to geography containing a description of the grounds, and generall part thereof, very necessary for young students in that science. VVritten by that learned man, Mr William Pemble, Master of Arts, of Magdalen Hall in Oxford. Pemble, William, 1592?-1623. 1630 (1630) STC 19571; ESTC S114325 20,167 42

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