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The history and description of Africa and of the notable things therein contained. Volume II [electronic resource]

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Title The history and description of Africa and of the notable things therein contained. Volume II [electronic resource] / written by Al-Hassan Ibn-Mohammed Al-Wezas Al-Fasi, baptised as Giovanni Leone, better known as Leo Africanus
edited by Robert Brown.
Publisher Farnham [England] : Ashgate
Creation Date 2010
Notes Reprint. Originally published: London, 1896.
Includes bibliographical references.
English
Series Works issued by the Hakluyt Society
no. 93
History and description of Africa and of the notable things therein contained
Extent p. 226-698 : ill.
Language English
National Library system number 997010715423705171
MARC RECORDS
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