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Intriguing Fantin King and Coastal Trade Threats
A fragmentary English report describes King Peter of Fantin with vast power and many wives, the Forty five tributary princes on an inland coast, and fears of a prophecy he will die upon seeing the sea. Also notes longstanding customs, island life at St Thomas, and English piracy cases near Virginia and Shoals.
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Civen
Peter
Fantin
Gold Coast
St. Thomas
New-England
Mousel
Capes
Virginia
K. Philip
Lubeck
Lewis
France
Germany
New
Sea-Horse
City of Dublin
Zx Common Council
Stor Ris
City of
Dublin
William I
Great Britain
Wood
Wosd