Il Cimitero del Batavia. Una storia di naufragio, follia e morte nei mari del Sud
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9788817871365 (8817871362)
Publish date: 2002
Publisher: Rizzoli
Pages no: 556
Edition language: Italian
Category:
Adventure,
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
Pirates,
World History,
Australia,
Maritime,
17th Century
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