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A new account of the East Indies. Being the observations and remarks of Capt. Alexander Hamilton, who spent his time there from the year 1688. to 1723. Trading and travelling, by sea and land, to most of the countries and islands of commerce and navigation, between the cape of Goodhope, and the island of Japon ... / [Alexander Hamilton].

  • Alexander Hamilton
Date:
1727
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Credit: A new account of the East Indies. Being the observations and remarks of Capt. Alexander Hamilton, who spent his time there from the year 1688. to 1723. Trading and travelling, by sea and land, to most of the countries and islands of commerce and navigation, between the cape of Goodhope, and the island of Japon ... / [Alexander Hamilton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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