Selected quad for the lemma: end_n

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40503	A relation of a voyage made in the years 1695, 1696, 1697, on the coasts of Africa, Streights of Magellan, Brasil, Cayenna, and the Antilles, by a squadron of French men of war, under the command of M. de Gennes by the Sieur Froger ... ; illustrated with divers strange figures, drawn to the life.; Relation d'un voyage fait en 1695, 1696, & 1697, aux côtes d'Afrique, d'etroit de Magellan, Brezil, Cayenne, & Isles Antilles, par une escadre des vaisseaux du roi, commandée par m. de Gennes. English	Froger, François, b. 1676.	1698 (1698)	Wing F2233; ESTC R38897	67,625	174

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