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BCW volume 2: reviewed material from B. de Zirkoff’s compiler notes
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Sixteen-volume encyclopaedia edited by George Ripley and Charles A. Dana, issued in 1858-1863. The same editors prepared the sixteen-volume ''American Cyclopaedia'' of 1873-1876. {{ctd-source|BCW|3|516}}.
Sixteen-volume encyclopaedia edited by George Ripley and Charles A. Dana, issued in 1858-1863. The same editors prepared the sixteen-volume ''American Cyclopaedia'' of 1873-1876. {{ctd-source|BCW|3|516}}.
Articles on American antiquities, Titicaca and Tiahuanaco were used by [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] in “A Land of Mystery”. Statements by several earlier writers were transmitted through the encyclopaedia rather than necessarily quoted directly from their books. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - A Land of Mystery|BCW 2:314-324]]}}
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|ctd rus=Новая американская энциклопедия
|ctd rus=Новая американская энциклопедия
|origin=English: New American Cyclopaedia
|origin=English: New American Cyclopaedia
|mentioned in=[[Blavatsky H.P. - A Land of Mystery|A Land of Mystery]] ([[Blavatsky H.P. - A Land of Mystery|BCW 2:314-324]])
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