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The sea-mirrour : containing, a briefe instruction in the art of navigation; and a description of the seas and coasts of the easterne, northerne, and vvesterne navigation; collected and compiled together out of the discoueries of many skilfull and expert sea-men, by William Iohnson Blaeuw; and translated out of Dutch into English, by Richard Hynmers

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1625.
Call number: 98695
Creator: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon (1571-1638)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (folio)
Associated people: Hynmers, Richard.
Associated organization: Bridgewater House Library,
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