Cover illustration: Astérina, Jeune Esclave Malaise [young Malay slave], Ile de Rotti (Rotte), from François Péron, Voyages de découvertes au terres australes, 2nd edition (Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1824), plate 42 (collection of Richard B. Allen).
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