Exterminated by the bloody flux

Journal for Maritime Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-39

  Haycock, David Boyd ^a  

^a WOLFSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84941208723     PISSN: 21533369     EISSN: 14691957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21533369.2002.9668318     Document Type: Article

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