A general history and collection of voyages and travels: arranged in systematic order, forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time : illustrated by maps and charts, Nide 18Blackwood, 1824 - 654 sivua |
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