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Born	May 10, 1872 • Épinal • France
Died	February 10, 1950 (aged 77) • Paris • France
Subjects Of Study	gift exchange • Melanesia • North America • Polynesia

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British anthropologist

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Title page of Flora Boreali-Americana by Andre Michaux (1746-1802), printed in 1803,

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