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Excerpt from A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels, Vol. 3: Containing Whatever Is Worthy of Notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America; In Respect to the Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces; Their Climates, Soil, Produce, &C
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