Identifier: egyptsdnhand00karl (find matches)
Title: Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Subjects: Egypt -- Guidebooks Sudan -- Guidebooks
Publisher: Leipzig : K. Baedeker New York, C. Scribner's sons (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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