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The relation of a voyage to Guiana. : Describing the climate, situation, fertilitie, & commodities of that country: together with the manner, and customes of the people. Performed by Robert Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt Esquier. 1619

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1626.
Call number: 18073
Creator: Harcourt, Robert (1574?-1631)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (4to)
Associated people: Lefferts, Marshall C. (1848-1928,)
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