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A66359 Virgo triumphans, or, Virginia in generall, but the south part therof in particular including the fertile Carolana, and the no lesse excellent island of Roanoak, richly and experimentally valued : humbly presented as the auspice of a beginning yeare, to the Parliament of England, and councell of state / by Edward Williams, Gent. Williams, Edward, fl. 1650.; Ferrar, John, d. 1657. 1650 (1650) Wing W2660; ESTC R23293 44,964 64

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