Letters from the Mediterranean ; Containing a Civil and Political Account of Sicily, Tripoly, Tunis and Malta: With Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes and Observations, Illustrative of the Present State of Those Countries, and Their Relative Situation with Respect to the British Empire, Volume 1Henry Colburn, 1813 |
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