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Inundations Rise as River Po Floods Italian Banks
A lengthy 18th century news digest reports the Po River’s floodwaters bursting over banks between Platenza and Cremona, forcing residents to descend from windows aided by timber rafts. Military and political dispatches touch on ships, port secrecy, and European affairs from Hamburg to Rome, with notes on Dutch ships, Ne gro trade talk, and Italian court celebrations.
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Venice
Lower Saxony
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Moscow
Almeria
Spain
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Reiift
Algiers
France
Paris
Cardinal Bleury
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Seville
Madrid
Cardinal de Polignac
Navarre
Jamaica
Black
Algier
Port Bone Logie
Gibraltar
Chence
Alpier
Cavendish
Portmouth
Germany
Switzerland
Turin
Vienna
Genoa
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Italy
Austrian Netherlands
Hungary
Poole
Portugal
Brazil
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