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An essay on ways and means to maintain the honour and safety of England, to encrease trade, merchandize, navigation, ... Written by Sir Walter Raleigh, Kt. With useful remarks and observations on our harbours, ... by Sir Henry Sheers

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1701.
Call number: 138473
Creator: Digges, Thomas (approximately 1546-1595)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (4to)
Associated people: Raleigh, Walter, (1552?-1618.)
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An essay on ways and means to maintain the honour and safety of England, to encrease trade, merchandize, navigation, ... Written by Sir Walter Raleigh, Kt. With useful remarks and observations on our harbours, ... by Sir Henry Sheers

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