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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Place

North Sea

Also known as

An Cuan a Tuath
an Mhuir Thuaidh
Arqa teńiz
Bahari ya Kaskazini
Baybay Amianan
berti xamsi

Image illustrating North Sea — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · North Seasee Wikimedia Commons

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Connected to

in countryBelgium1830 CE
in countryGermany1949 CE
place of death ofErwin Clausen1911 CE
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place of death ofFrantišek Binder1914 CE
place of death ofGuy D'Oyly-Hughes1891 CE
place of death ofRichard Chancellor1521 CE
place of death ofStephen Potter1896 CE
place of death ofThomas Crisp1876 CE
place of death ofWalther Schwieger1885 CE

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