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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Pàgina xvi
... according to Caillié , .. ..259 Ashantee Warrior and Attendant , .. ..270 Queen of Lattakoo , Lattakoo Warrior , and two Bosjes- man Hottentots , ... ..302 Negroes Preparing the Manioc Root , ........ ..309 Negro Palaver - House ...
... according to Caillié , .. ..259 Ashantee Warrior and Attendant , .. ..270 Queen of Lattakoo , Lattakoo Warrior , and two Bosjes- man Hottentots , ... ..302 Negroes Preparing the Manioc Root , ........ ..309 Negro Palaver - House ...
Pàgina 21
... according to their estimate of its value , either carried away the gold , or left the whole untouched ; in which last case the natives understood that more of the precious me- tal was expected . Thus the parties went backwards and ...
... according to their estimate of its value , either carried away the gold , or left the whole untouched ; in which last case the natives understood that more of the precious me- tal was expected . Thus the parties went backwards and ...
Pàgina 25
... according to some , Egypt derived all the sciences and arts which ren- dered her illustrious in that early age . Diodorus even asserts that the learned language of Egypt was the same spoken by the vulgar in Ethiopia ; but we should much ...
... according to some , Egypt derived all the sciences and arts which ren- dered her illustrious in that early age . Diodorus even asserts that the learned language of Egypt was the same spoken by the vulgar in Ethiopia ; but we should much ...
Pàgina 26
... according to the miserable food on which they usually subsisted ; some as eaters of fish , of elephants , and of turtles , while others are said to have fed on locusts , on roots , and even on the tender branches of trees . Many sought ...
... according to the miserable food on which they usually subsisted ; some as eaters of fish , of elephants , and of turtles , while others are said to have fed on locusts , on roots , and even on the tender branches of trees . Many sought ...
Pàgina 36
... . Antiquity has put sundry fables into the narrative of Eudoxus , by which his reputation has severely suffered . According to certain works , he pretended to have really made the circuit of Africa ; to 36 ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA .
... . Antiquity has put sundry fables into the narrative of Eudoxus , by which his reputation has severely suffered . According to certain works , he pretended to have really made the circuit of Africa ; to 36 ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA .
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