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A55330 The path-way to perfect sayling shewing briefly the six principall points or grounds of navigation / written by Richard Polter ; whereunto is added A navticall discovrse ... first penned by John Basset ; and now put forth to publike view with some addition by Henry Bond. Polter, Richard. 1644 (1644) Wing P2781; ESTC R24059 43,260 60

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