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The HMS Leopard is dispatchedfrom Cape Town to evacuatethe entire population of the island of Tristan da Kunha because of volca
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South African History Online. (2012, August 27). The HMS Leopard is dispatchedfrom Cape Town to evacuatethe entire population of the island of Tristan da Kunha because of volca. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092247
South African History Online (2012) 'The HMS Leopard is dispatchedfrom Cape Town to evacuatethe entire population of the island of Tristan da Kunha because of volca', South African History Online, 27 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092247 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).
South African History Online, The HMS Leopard is dispatchedfrom Cape Town to evacuatethe entire population of the island of Tristan da Kunha because of volca [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092247, (accessed 26 September 2026).
"The HMS Leopard is dispatchedfrom Cape Town to evacuatethe entire population of the island of Tristan da Kunha because of volca." South African History Online, 27 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092247. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "The HMS Leopard is dispatchedfrom Cape Town to evacuatethe entire population of the island of Tristan da Kunha because of volca." South African History Online. August 27, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092247.
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