Snow Crystals Payne's edition is the first

Payne's edition is the first to translate into English the text's many quotations in half a dozen languages

"the worst murderer in Tierra del Fuego"

" since his religious beliefs convinced him that the world was flat

overlaid with fine flourishes

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