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Turbulent Smyrna Plague News Across Foreign and London Prints
Reports from Smyrna describe a plague outbreak forcing chief inhabitants to retire to the countryside while city residents stoke a tumult over a grand Signor emirs arson accusation. Elsewhere Corsairs sighted near Cyprus and Rhodes prompt merchant warnings as Muscovy notes new fortifications and Siberian gold findings. Paris and Cadiz dispatch details on conference delays, ballasts of wealth, and royal ceremonies.
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Smyrna
Cady
Leio
Barbary
Algiers
Tunis
Tripoli
Cyprus
Rhodes
Jerusalem
Constantinople
Ferusalem
Zaha
Wome
Lateren
Cardinal of
Soisons
Zinzendorfe
New Spain
Port Louis
Madrid
Seville
Gibraltar
Dregoven
Warfin
Afluctas
Inante den Carelos
Osiuna
Burt
St. Philip
St. James
St. Francie
go’Ciick
Mangor
Cadiz
London
Thee Will
Gad
Irony
Lele Cherso
Wade
Jo's Darby
Aid Vrion