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								Map DescriptionHistory World Map of the 
			Distribution of the Principal European Languages 1911.
 
			Illustrating 
				In 
				the colonial dominions of the European powers in Asia and Africa 
				the coloring shows the language of the dominant nation.
 
			Credits
 The University of Texas at 
			Austin. From Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1911.
 
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