The Panoramic Journey [microform]: North Atlantic Steamship Travel at the Fin de Siecle
- ISBN-10
- 0315837721
- ISBN-13
- 9780315837720
- Category
- Merchant marine
- Pages
- 338
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada
- Author
- Karen L.
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