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A51238 The history or narrative of the great level of the fenns, called Bedford level with a large map of the said level, as drained, surveyed, & described by Sir Jonas Moore Knight, His late Majesties Surveyor-General of his ordnance. Moore, Jonas, Sir, 1617-1679. 1685 (1685) Wing M2571; ESTC R319 25,568 90

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