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A07439 Historia mundi: or Mercator's atlas Containing his cosmographicall description of the fabricke and figure of the world. Lately rectified in divers places, as also beautified and enlarged with new mappes and tables; by the studious industry of Iudocus Hondy. Englished by W. S. generosus, & Coll. Regin. Oxoniæ.; Atlas. English Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594.; Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612.; Saltonstall, Wye, fl. 1630-1640.; Glover, George, b. ca. 1618, engraver. 1635 (1635) STC 17824; ESTC S114540 671,956 890

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●agliacozzo_fw-it termoli_n terra_fw-la nova_fw-la trajetto_n there_o be_v 30._o marquiship_n 54._o counsellor_n of_o state_n 11._o lord_n 403._o titular_a baron_n the_o archbishop_n and_o their_o suffragans_fw-la in_o this_o table_n be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o roman_a province_n in_o aprucina_n and_o marcicana_n there_o be_v these_o bishop_n aquilensis_n forcanensis_fw-la marsicanus_n valvensis_n or_o sulmonensis_n theatinus_n adriensis_n pennensis_n aprutinus_fw-la or_o teranus_fw-la the_o archbishop_n of_o beneventum_n under_o who_o be_v these_o suffragans_fw-la telesinensis_fw-la agatha_n alphiensis_fw-la or_o alepharensis_n mons_fw-la marani_n avellinensis_fw-la vicanensis_fw-la arianensis_fw-la bojanensis_fw-la or_o rojanensis_fw-la asculanensis_fw-la nucerinus_fw-la tertibulensis_n traconensis_n vulturanensis_fw-la alarinensis_n ferentinensis_n or_o florentinensis_n civitacensis_n termelensis_n lesinensis_n frequentinensis_n triventinensis_n biminensis_n vadiensis_n or_o 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