Narrative of a Residence in Algiers: Comprising a Geographical and Historical Account of the Regency; Biographical Sketches of the Dey and His Ministers; Anecdotes of the Late War; Observations on the Relations of the Barbary States with the Christian Powers |
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| Title | Narrative of a Residence in Algiers: Comprising a Geographical and Historical Account of the Regency; Biographical Sketches of the Dey and His Ministers; Anecdotes of the Late War; Observations on the Relations of the Barbary States with the Christian Powers Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Mapping the World: Maps and Travel Literature |
| Author | Filippo Pananti |
| Editor | Edward Blaquière |
| Illustrated by | Edward Blaquière |
| Publisher | H. Colburn, 1818 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 467 pages |
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