A System of Modern Geography, Comprising a Description of the Present State of the World and Its Five Great Divisions: America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceanica : with Their Several Empires, Kingdoms, States, Territories, Etc. ... Illustrated by an Atlas of Twenty-eight Maps, Drawn and Engraved to Accompany the WorkThomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1849 - 336 pages |
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