Pelicans ISBN 0 14 02.1513 1 - The Lords of Humankind European Attitudes to the Outside World in the Imperial Age

Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia

First published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1969 Published with revisions in Pelican Books 1972

Copyright © V. G. Kiernan, 1969, 1972

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3. Nicholls & Company Ltd Set in Linotype Pilgrim

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