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Victorians abroad

Explorers Extraordinary.

By John Keay. John Murray, London/Tarcher, Los Angeles: 1985. Pp.195. 10.95, 7.95. The Travelling Naturalists. By Clare Lloyd. Croom Helm/University of Washington Press:1985. Pp.156. 13.95, 19.95. Magnificent Voyagers. Edited by Herman J. Viola and Carolyn Margolis. Smithsonian Institution Press: 1985. Pp.304. Hbk 35; pbk 17.50. To be distributed in Britain from May by Eurospan, hbk 37.95; pbk 18.95.

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Allen, D. Victorians abroad. Nature 320, 115–116 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/320115a0

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