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A26435 A briefe description of the whole world wherein is particularly described all the monarchies, empires, and kingdoms of the same, with their academies, as also their severall titles and scituations thereunto adjoyning / written by the Reverend Father in God George Abbot ... Abbot, George, 1562-1633. 1664 (1664) Wing A62; ESTC R4619 117,567 344

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