Travels in Chile and La Plata: Including Accounts Respecting the Geography, Geology, Statistics, Government, Finances, Agriculture, Manners, and Customs, and the Mining Operations in Chile, Volume 2Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1826 - Argentina |
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