WRECK OF THE ISABELLA
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WRECK OF THE ISABELLA (ebook)

DAVID MILLER

$119.00
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Editorial:
LEO COOPER (ORM)
ISBN:
9781473820944
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Epublication content package
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Inglés
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Si

The story of the wreck of the British merchant brig Isabella on the Falkland Islands in 1812, the rescue of whose passengers was complicated by the outbreak of war between Britain and the United States, telling of the adventures which befell citizens of both countries before the passengers were restored to their native shore.

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