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A true relation of the great victory, obtained by the King of the Abissines, called Prester John, against the Turks· : In taking the flourishing city of Habalee, and destroying 100000 Ottomons. As also a coppy of a letter from on board of His Majesties ship the Pearl, (riding then at Lisbon) from a gentleman to his brother in London, giving an account of several remarkable passages and rencounters against the Sally men

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1684.
Call number: 134760
Creator: Miles, John (active 1684)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased with the Bridgewater library from John Francis Granville Scroop Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere, through the agency of George D. Smith and Sotheby's of London, 1917.
Dimensions: 33 cm (1/2 sheet)
Associated people: Croom, George,
Associated organization: Bridgewater House Library,
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