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A42631 A description of the present state of Samos, Nicaria, Patmos, and Mount Athos by Joseph Georgirenes ... ; translated by one that knew the author in Constantinople.; Perigraphē tēs parousēs katastaseōs tēs Samou, Ikarias, Patmou, kai Athōnos. English Geōrgarinēs, Iōsēph, 17th cent.; Denton, Henry, 1633?-1681. 1678 (1678) Wing G536; ESTC R7929 42,183 134

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