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The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level.

Edward Burnett Tylor

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Edward Burnett Tylor
Age: 84 †
Born: 1832
Born: October 2
Died: 1917
Died: January 2
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E. B. Tylor
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Sir Edward Burnett Tylor
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