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Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: America
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
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Book Title: Territory of Florida : Or Sketches of the Topography, Civil and Natural History, of the Country, the Climate, and the Indian Tribes, from the First Discovery to the Present Time, with a Map, Views, &C (Classic Reprint)
Number of Pages: 312 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Topic: Earth Sciences / Geography, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.7 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Science, History
Item Weight: 14.7 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: John Lee Williams
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
