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Cover image for Vancouver's discovery of Puget Sound : portraits and biographies of the men honored in the naming of geographic features of Northwestern America

Vancouver's discovery of Puget Sound : portraits and biographies of the men honored in the naming of geographic features of Northwestern America

Meany, Edmond S. (Edmond Stephen), 1862-1935

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910.9 MEA

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SD_ILS:62262

The voyage of the Sutil and Mexicana, 1792 : the last Spanish exploration of the Northwest Coast of America

Espinosa y Tello, Josef, 1763-1815.

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917.95042 ESP

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SD_ILS:51037

Written in the waters : a memoir of history, home, and belonging

Roberts, Tara, author.

Publication Date

2025

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920.573 ROB

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SD_ILS:796473

The wide wide sea : imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook

Sides, Hampton, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Books

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910.92 SID

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SD_ILS:704725

The wide wide sea [large print] : imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook

Sides, Hampton, author.

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2024

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910.92 SID

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SD_ILS:704460

Cover image for Archaeological oddities : a field guide to forty claims of lost civilizations, ancient visitors, and other strange sites in North America

Archaeological oddities : a field guide to forty claims of lost civilizations, ancient visitors, and other strange sites in North America

Feder, Kenneth L., author.

Publication Date

2019

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970.01 FED

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SD_ILS:502612

Bound by ice : a true North Pole survival story

Wallace, Sandra Neil, author.

Publication Date

2017

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910.91632 WAL

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SD_ILS:457386

A wretched and precarious situation : in search of the last Arctic frontier

Welky, David, author.

Publication Date

2017

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910.911 WEL

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SD_ILS:409895

Thieves' road : the Black Hills betrayal and Custer's path to Little Bighorn

Mort, T. A. (Terry A.)

Publication Date

2015

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978.39 MOR

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SD_ILS:296865

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Arctic ghost ship [DVD video]

Finney, Ben, television director

Publication Date

2015

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919.8 ARC

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SD_ILS:380718

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Uncharted waters : the explorations of José Narváez (1768-1840)

McDowell, Jim, 1934- author.

Publication Date

2015

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917.11 MCD

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SD_ILS:365210

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Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America, 1792 : Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra and the Nootka Sound controversy

Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794.

Publication Date

2012

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979.01 BOD

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SD_ILS:252305

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Pacific Coast (B.C.) -- Discovery and exploration.

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Scientific expeditions -- History -- 18th century.

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Suría, Tomás de, b. 1761.

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Sutil (Ship).

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African American women journalists -- Biography.

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Baker, Joseph.

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Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794 -- Diaries.

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Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794 -- Travel -- Pacific Coast (North America)

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Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794.

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Borup, George, 1885-1912.

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Botany -- British Columbia.

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British Columbia -- Antiquities

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British Columbia -- Discovery and exploration.

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Cabot, John, d. 1498?

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California -- Discovery and exploration

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Canada, Eastern -- Description and travel

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Chatham (Ship).

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China -- Commerce -- United States.

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City of Victoria Butler Book Prize (2004) -- Nominee.

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Colnett, James, 1755?-1806 -- Diaries

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Colnett, James, 1755?-1806.

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Columbia River -- Description and travel

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Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.) -- History

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Community archaeology -- United States.

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Cook, James, 1728-1779

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Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Diaries

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Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917)

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Curiosities and wonders -- United States -- Guidebooks.

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Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 -- Travel -- Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)

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De Long, George W. (George Washington), 1844-1881 -- Juvenile literature.

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Discoveries in geography -- Juvenile literature.

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Discovery (Ship : Launched 1789)

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Discovery (Ship : Launched 1789).

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Documentary television programs.

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Drake, Francis, 1540?-1596 -- Travel -- Northwest Coast of North America.

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Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596

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Eliza (Ship).

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Esquimalt (B.C.) -- Biography

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Explorers

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Explorers -- Washington State -- Biography.

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Felice (Ship).

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First Nations -- First contact with other peoples -- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast

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Forgery of antiquities.

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Franklin Expedition (1845)

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Gray, Robert, 1755-1806 -- Travel -- Northwest Coast of North America.

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Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Medical care -- History -- 19th century

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Indigenous peoples -- Canada, Northern

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Indigenous peoples -- Wars -- United States -- 1866-1895.

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Inuit -- Canada -- Social life and customs

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Iphigenia (Ship).

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Jeannette (Ship) -- Juvenile literature.

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Jeannette Expedition (1879-1881) -- Juvenile literature.

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Jewitt, John Rodgers, 1783-1821

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Jewitt, John Rodgers, 1783-1821.

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MacMillan, Donald Baxter, 1874-1970 -- Travel -- Arctic regions.

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Mackenzie, Alexander, Sir, 1763-1820

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Malaspina, Alessandro, 1754-1809 -- Travel -- Northwest Coast of North America

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Manby, Thomas, d. 1798.

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McKinney, Sam, 1927- -- Travel -- Northwest Coast of North America

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Meares, John, 1756?-1809

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Medicine, Naval -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century

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Menzies, Archibald, fl. 1763.

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Merchant ships -- Nootka Sound -- History.

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Merchant ships -- Northwest Coast of North America -- History.

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Merchant ships -- Pacific Ocean -- History.

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Moss, Edward L. (Edward Lawton)

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Mourelle de la Rúa, Francisco Antonio, 1750-1820 -- Diaries.

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Names, Geographical -- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast

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New Hazard (Brig)

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Nonfiction television programs

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Nootka Sound controversy

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North America -- Description and travel

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North America -- Historical geography -- Maps.

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North Pole -- Discovery and exploration -- American -- Juvenile literature.

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Northeast Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- British.

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Northeast Passage -- Discovery and exploration.

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Northwest Coast of North America -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.

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Northwest Coast of North America -- Discovery and exploration -- French

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Tovell, Freeman.

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Vancouver, George, 1757-1798.

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90th Parallel Film & Television Productions, production company.

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American Historical Association.

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Appleton, Paul C. (Paul Campbell), 1930-2006

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Arctic Institute of North America.

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Armstrong, Hugh, 1946-

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Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918

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Barr, William, 1940-

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Bawlf, R. Samuel

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Beaglehole, J. C. (John Cawte)

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Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.

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Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794.

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Brown, Robert

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Burpee, Lawrence Johnstone.

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, production company.

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Channel Four (Great Britain), production company.

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Colnett, James, 1755?-1806

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Colnett, James, 1755?-1806.

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Cook, James, 1728-1779

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Cook, James, 1728-1779.

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Cook, Warren L.

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Coxe, William.

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Engstrand, Iris Wilson.

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Espinosa y Tello, Josef, 1763-1815

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Espinosa y Tello, Josef, 1763-1815.

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Feder, Kenneth L., author.

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Fiegehen, Gary

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Firstbrook, P. L.

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Fisher, Robin, 1946-

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Fisher, Robin, 1946-.

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Frost, Alan, 1943-

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Galois, Robert Michael

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Heizer, Robert Fleming, 1915-

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Jackman, S. W. (Sydney Wayne), 1925-2011

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Jewitt, John Rodgers, 1783-1821

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Jewitt, John Rodgers, 1783-1821.

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Johnston, H. J. M. (Hugh J. M.), 1939-

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Kendrick, John.

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La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788

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La Vérendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de, 1685-1749.

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Lamb, W. Kaye (William Kaye), 1904-

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Litalien, Raymonde.

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Manby, Thomas, d. 1798

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Manning, William R. (William Ray), 1871-1942. Nootka Sound controversy

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PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

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Palomino, Jean-François, 1976-

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Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 1921-

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Provincial Archives of British Columbia.

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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.

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Reynolds, Stephen, 1782-1857.

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Rickard, Thomas Arthur.

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Roberts, Tara, author.

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Samson, Jane Dianne, 1962-

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Strathern, Gloria Margaret.

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Sturgis, William, 1782-1863

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Vancouver Conference on Exploration and Discovery (1992 : Simon Fraser University)

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Vancouver Maritime Museum Society

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Vancouver, George, 1757-1798

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