Iceland
- ISBN-10
- 1438105096
- ISBN-13
- 9781438105093
- Series
- Iceland
- Category
- Iceland
- Pages
- 102
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-01-01
- Publisher
- Infobase Publishing
- Authors
- Charles F. Gritzner, Roger K. Sandness
Description
These information-packed volumes provide comprehensive overviews of each nation's people, geography, history, government, economy, and culture
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- 2019-07-04
- 118 pages
- Ebook
- Geological Society of America
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