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Title: Historical and geographical notes on the earliest discoveries in America, 1453-1530 ...
Year: 1869 (1860s)
Authors: Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886
Subjects: Early maps America -- Discovery and exploration Maps America -- Maps
Publisher: New Haven : Office of the American Journal of Science London : Henry Stevens
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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