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Relation of a discovery lately made on the coast of Florida (from lat. 31. to 33 deg. 45 min. north-lat) by William Hilton commander and commisioner with Capt. Anthony Long and Peter Fabian in the ship Adventure which set sayl from Spikes Bay Aug. 10. 1663. and was set forth by several gentlemen and merchants of the island of Barbadoes. Giving an account of the nature and temperature of the soyl the manners and diposition of the natives and whatsoever else is remarkable therein. Together with proposals made by the commissioners of the lords proprietors to all such persons as shall become the first setlers on the rivers harbors and creeks there.