The Naval Miscellany, Volumen 1;Volumen 20John Knox Laughton, Christopher Lloyd, William Gordon Perrin, Michael Duffy, N. A. M. Rodger, Susan Rose, Brian Vale Navy Records Society, 1902 |
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