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Image taken from:

Title: "The Arctic Voyages of A. E. Nordenskiöld. 1858-1879. With illustrations and maps"
Author: LESLIE, Alexander - of Aberdeen
Contributor: NORDENSKIÖLD, Nils Adolf Erik - Baron
Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 10460.ee.9."
Page: 8
Place of Publishing: London
Date of Publishing: 1879
Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
Issuance: monographic
Identifier: 002142895

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