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Tangers rescue; or A relation of the late memorable passages at Tanger: : giving a full and true account of the several skirmishes of His Majesties forces there against the Mores, and particularly of that bloody engagement with them upon the twenty seventh of Octob. last; very pleasant and satisfactory: together with a description of the said city with the considerable forts thereof; as also a description of the Mores, their nature and country, in verse

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1681.
Call number: 141067
Creator: Ross, John (active 1681)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 4to
Associated organization: Bridgewater House Library,
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