Will[ia]m Holding's Navigation book on board His Majesties [sic] Ship Royal William, 1757.

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Will[ia]m Holding's Navigation book on board His Majesties [sic] Ship Royal William, 1757.

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Watermark: Rampant lion on pedestal labeled Vryheyt within circular motto, Pro patria eiusque libertate; countermark GR with crown. (Gravell, Foreign watermarks, no. 710 or 711)

[158] p. : ill. ; 33 cm. (fol.)

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