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Book Title: Straits : Beyond the Myth of Magellan
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Earth Sciences / Geography, Adventurers & Explorers, Europe / Spain & Portugal, Expeditions & Discoveries
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2022
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Science, History
Item Weight: 22.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 380 Pages
