The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation, Volume 3James MacLehose and Sons, 1903 - Discoveries in geography |
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Page 261 - Deepe caps for Mariners coloured in Stamel, whereof if ample vent may be found, it would turne to an infinite commoditie of the common poore people by knitting.
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