Outlines of Ancient and Modern History on a New Plan: Embracing Biographical Notices of Illustrious Persons and General Views of the Geography, Population, Politics ... of Ancient and Modern Nations. Accompanied by a Series of Questions, and Illustrated with EngravingsE. Hopkins, 1835 - History |
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