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A96033 A voyage of the Sieur Le Maire to the Canary Islands, Cape-Verd, Senegal and Gamby, under Monsieur Dancourt, Director-General of the Royal African Company Printed at Paris this present year 1695. And now faithfully done into English. Le Maire, Jacques-Joseph. 1696 (1696) Wing V741A; ESTC R230540 51,780 146

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