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A tutor to astronomy and geography, or, An easie and speedy way to understand the use of both the globes, celestial and terrestrial : laid down in so plain a manner that a mean capacity may at the first reading understand it and with a little practise, grow expert in those divine sciences /

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Main Author:	Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Printed for Joseph Moxen, and are to be sold at his shop ..., 1654.
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Astronomy > Early works to 1800. Geography > Early works to 1800. Sundials. Constellations.
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