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Bergreen, Laurence.
Columbus : the four voyages / Laurence
Bergreen.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and
index.
ISBN : 978-1-101-54432-7
E118.B47 2011
970.01’5092—dc22 2011013900
Maps by Jeffery L. Ward
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