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A45540 A description of the last voyage to Bermudas, in the ship Marygold, S.P. commander by J.H ... ; begun November the twelfth, 1670, and ending May the third, 1671 with allowance. J. H. (John Hardy) 1671 (1671) Wing H706; ESTC R9916 11,064 37

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