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66:Portuguese
1269:Transvaal
1244:Swaziland
1029:Mauritius
984:La Agüera
949:Inhambane
804:Cyrenaica
769:Cape Juby
694:Ascension
664:of Africa
195:300 Reis
1367:Americas
1351:See also
1339:Zululand
1334:Zimbabwe
1329:Zanzibar
1319:Zambezia
1254:Tanzania
1154:Rhodesia
1149:Rio Muni
854:Ethiopia
824:Djibouti
764:Cameroon
724:Botswana
435:See also
264:and the
115:Portugal
1382:Oceania
1284:Tunisia
1194:Somalia
1174:Senegal
1139:Reunion
1079:Nigeria
1054:Namibia
1039:Morocco
1034:Mayotte
999:Liberia
994:Lesotho
849:Eritrea
814:Dahomey
789:Comoros
759:Burundi
689:Anjouan
679:Algeria
571:12 July
483:12 July
289:⁄
134:⁄
76:in the
74:company
52:of the
27:⁄
1377:Europe
1324:Zambia
1294:Uganda
1164:Rwanda
1014:Malawi
979:Kionga
934:Guinea
904:Gambia
719:Biafra
684:Angola
526:
430:, 88p.
426:
254:Manuel
204:Molloy
94:Niassa
1314:Zaire
1239:Sudan
1104:Obock
1064:Niger
1059:Natal
1004:Libya
989:Lagos
964:Kenya
919:Ghana
899:Gabon
834:Egypt
794:Congo
714:Benin
549:7 May
284:The 1
262:zebra
186:reals
129:The 2
64:, in
22:The 2
1372:Asia
1264:Togo
1259:Tete
1019:Mali
944:Ifni
784:Chad
660:and
573:2012
551:2010
524:ISBN
485:2012
424:ISBN
140:real
107:reis
92:and
68:the
60:The
48:and
33:real
809:DRC
206:by
1404::
542:.
493:^
468:^
302:.
57:.
650:e
643:t
636:v
601:.
575:.
553:.
487:.
463:.
291:2
287:1
136:2
132:1
29:2
25:1
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