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A treatyse of the newe India, with other new founde landes and ilandes, aswell eastwarde as westwarde, as they are knowen and found in these oure dayes, after the descripcion of Sebastian Munster in his boke of vniuersall cosmographie : wherin the diligent reader may see the good successe and rewarde of noble and honeste enterpryses, by the which not only worldly ryches are obtayned, but also God is glorified, & the Christian fayth enlarged. (1553)

Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552, Eden, Richard, 1521?-1576 · Imprinted at London, in Lombarde Strete, : by Edward Sutton. · leaf 56

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Geography · Voyages and travels · Imprint 1553

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