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General and rare memorials pertayning to the perfect arte of nauigation: : annexed to the paradoxal cumpas, in playne: now first published: 24. yeres, after the first inuention thereof

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [Anno 1577. In Septemb.] [1577]
Call number: 82497
Creator: Dee, John (1527-1608)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (folio)
Associated people: Gemistus Plethon, George, (active 15th century.); Canter, Willem, (1542-1575.)
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