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The Cape of Good Hope Colony and the British World Turned Upside-down, 1806–1836

Leigh MuffetUniversity of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1035-1069 | Published online: 14 Jul 2022

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