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EGYPT: Report. Suez Canal. An Inquiry into the soundness of M. Lesseps' reasonings...
Catalogue reference: FO 881/685
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EGYPT: Report. Suez Canal. An Inquiry into the soundness of M. Lesseps' reasonings and arguments on the practicability of the Suez Canal. (Capt. Spratt). Bound: Egypt 34.
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