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| Tytuł | A New Universal Gazetteer: Containing a Description of the Principal Nations, Empires, Kingdoms, States ... of the Known World .. |
| Opracowanie | Richard Brookes |
| Wydawca | W. W. Reed & Company, 1832 |
| W formie oryginalnej | Uniwersytet Michigan |
| W formie cyfrowej | 11 Sie 2006 |
| Liczba stron | 799 |
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