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A relation of a journey begun An: Dom: 1610. Fovre bookes. Containing a description of the Turkish Empire, of Ægypt, of the Holy Land, of the remote parts of Italy, and ilands adioyning (1621)

Sandys, George, 1578-1644 · London : Printed for W. Barrett · leaf 112

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