Biographia Navalis: Or, Impartial Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of Officers of the Navy of Great Britain, from the Year 1660 to the Present Time; Drawn from the Most Authentic Sources, and Disposed in a Chronological Arrangement, Volume 1R. Faulder, 1794 |
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Biographia Navalis: Or, Impartial Memoirs of the Lives and ..., Volume 5 John Charnock No preview available - 2015 |
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