Berfrois. Intellectual Jousting in the Republic of Letters
Berfrois. Intellectual Jousting in the Republic of Letters
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The Siege of Havana, 1762, Dominic Serres the Elder, 1767 by Ernesto Bassi The Occupation of Havana: War, Trade, and Slavery in the Atlantic World, by Elena Andrea Schneider, Chapel Hill: University...
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