The Oriental Adventure: Explorers of the East.by Timothy Severin
โ Scribed by Review by: Rhoads Murphey
- Book ID
- 124400663
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 248 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0030-851X
- DOI
- 10.2307/2756733
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