Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: with Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and ZoologyOliver & Boyd, 1830 - 503 pàgines |
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... Europe . - Egypt , again , from its high antiquity , its stupendous monuments , and the memorable revolutions through which it has passed , presented matter at once too interesting and ample to be comprehended within such narrow limits ...
... Europe . - Egypt , again , from its high antiquity , its stupendous monuments , and the memorable revolutions through which it has passed , presented matter at once too interesting and ample to be comprehended within such narrow limits ...
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... European Colonization - Cape of Good Hope - Albany District - Sierra Leone , ..... .Page 306 CHAPTER XVII . GEOLOGY OF AFRICA . Form and Situation of Africa - Its great Natural Regions or Divisions . - 1 . Geology of the Atlas or ...
... European Colonization - Cape of Good Hope - Albany District - Sierra Leone , ..... .Page 306 CHAPTER XVII . GEOLOGY OF AFRICA . Form and Situation of Africa - Its great Natural Regions or Divisions . - 1 . Geology of the Atlas or ...
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... Europe . A still huger shape is that of the hippopotamus , or river - horse , fitted alike to stalk on land , to march along the bottom of the waters , or to swim on their surface . He is slow , ponderous , gentle ; yet when annoyed ...
... Europe . A still huger shape is that of the hippopotamus , or river - horse , fitted alike to stalk on land , to march along the bottom of the waters , or to swim on their surface . He is slow , ponderous , gentle ; yet when annoyed ...
Pàgina 10
... . The baboons , again , are a large , shapeless , brutal species , ugly and disgusting in their appearance , yet not without some kind of union and polity . The monkey tribe , now familiar in Europe 10 NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA .
... . The baboons , again , are a large , shapeless , brutal species , ugly and disgusting in their appearance , yet not without some kind of union and polity . The monkey tribe , now familiar in Europe 10 NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA .
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... Europe , and attracting attention by their playful move- ments , fill with sportive cries all the forests of tro- pical Africa . The insect race , which in our climate is general- ly harmless , presents here many singular and even ...
... Europe , and attracting attention by their playful move- ments , fill with sportive cries all the forests of tro- pical Africa . The insect race , which in our climate is general- ly harmless , presents here many singular and even ...
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