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A12467 Nevv Englands trials Declaring the successe of 26. ships employed thither within these sixe yeares: with the benefit of that countrey by sea and land: and how to build threescore sayle of good ships, to make a little navie royall. Written by Captaine Iohn Smith. Smith, John, 1580-1631. 1620 (1620) STC 22792; ESTC S111021 8,403 26

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