Objects which are usually the motives of our travels by land and by sea are often overlooked and neglected if they lie under our eye. (Pliny the Younger)

Objects which are usually the motives of our travels by land and by sea are often overlooked and neglected if they lie under our eye.

Pliny the Younger

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