Traffick of Empire: Trade, Treaty and Terra Nullius in Australia and North America, 1750–1800

History Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 386-405

  Buchan, Bruce ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84892952332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14780542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2007.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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