[Description of the countries of Asia and islands of the Pacific]. [ca. 1750]

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[Description of the countries of Asia and islands of the Pacific]. [ca. 1750]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34508183

Unsigned ms. from around 1750 describing the history, geography, social customs, religious beliefs, knowledge, and government of the countries of Asia and the islands of the Pacific.

2 v. (546, 32; 695, 25 p.) ; 21 cm.

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