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A Voyage from the United States to South America, performed during the years 1821, 1822, & 1823 : embracing a description of the city of Rio Janeiro, in Brazil : of every port of importance in Chili : of several in lower Peru : and of an eighteen months cruise in a Nantucket whaleship : the whole interspersed with a variety of original anecdotes
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