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Frontispiece for 'A Discourse and Discovery of New-found-land....' by Richard Whitbourne, 1620 (engraving)

Frontispiece for 'A Discourse and Discovery of New-found-land....' by Richard Whitbourne, 1620 (engraving)
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Frontispiece for 'A Discourse and Discovery of New-found-land....' by Richard Whitbourne, 1620 (engraving)
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English School, (17th century) / English
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British Library, London, UK
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1620 AD (C17th AD)
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Together with the laying open of certaine enormities and abuses committed by some that trade to that countrey, etc.' Sir Richard Whitbourne (1561 – 1635) was an English colonist, mariner and author. In 1620, Whitbourne published A Discourse and Discovery of New-found-land in order to promote colonisation on the island.

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