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| Título | Manual of modern geography, mathematical, physical, and political, Volumen1 Blackwood's class books, geogr. series Manual of modern geography, mathematical, physical, and political, Alexander Mackay |
| Autor | Alexander Mackay |
| Publicado | 1870 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 15 Sep. 2006 |
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