Robert Bruce Napoleon Walker, F.R.G.S., F.A.S., F.G.S., C.M.Z.S. (1832-1901), West African trader, explorer and collector of zoological specimens

Archives of Natural History

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-141

  McMillan, Nora ^a  

^a National Museum and Galleries on Merseyside   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84900679142     PISSN: 02609541     EISSN: 17556260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/anh.1996.23.1.125     Document Type: Article

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