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A16507 The mapp and description of Nevv-England together with a discourse of plantation, and collonies: also, a relation of the nature of the climate, and how it agrees with our owne country England. How neere it lyes to New-found-land, Virginia, Noua Francia, Canada, and other parts of the West-Indies. Written by Sr. William Alexander, Knight.; Encouragement to colonies Stirling, William Alexander, Earl of, 1567 or 8-1640. 1630 (1630) STC 342; ESTC S104374 32,507 52

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