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A very necessarie and profitable booke concerning nauigation, (1584)

Taisnier, Jean, 1508-approximately 1562 · Imprinted at London : By Richarde Iugge. · leaf 87

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Cabot, Sebastian, approximately 1474-1557 · Navigation · Compass · Magnets · Magnetism · Imprint 1579

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