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| Title | A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, Volume 4 A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, Sir Henry Charles Miller Lambert |
| Author | Sir Charles Lucas |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Clarendon Press, 1900 |
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