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2662:French domains of Saint Helena
1779:in Africa and the Indian Ocean
1658:. Carolina Digital Repository.
1645:Wellington, Donald C. (2006).
1612:. Delhi: Munshiram Publishers.
1553:The French in India, 1763–1816
1525:. London: W.H. Allen & Co.
1522:History of the French in India
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