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
... Chief , Jillemen or Native Musi- cians , and Gree - gree Man or Magician , .. Page 71 Female Negro Dancer , ... 92 Park's Routes , .... .100 Tuarick on his Camel , with Male and Female Tibboo , 174 Denham and Clapperton's Routes ...
... Chief , Jillemen or Native Musi- cians , and Gree - gree Man or Magician , .. Page 71 Female Negro Dancer , ... 92 Park's Routes , .... .100 Tuarick on his Camel , with Male and Female Tibboo , 174 Denham and Clapperton's Routes ...
Pàgina 2
... chief barrier to a direct maritime intercourse between the distant extremities of the globe . To perform the vast circuit of her shores , and to round her stormy capes , has tried the courage and hardihood of the greatest navigators ...
... chief barrier to a direct maritime intercourse between the distant extremities of the globe . To perform the vast circuit of her shores , and to round her stormy capes , has tried the courage and hardihood of the greatest navigators ...
Pàgina 41
... chief seat of the interior commerce of Africa . Tocrur , about twenty - four days ' journey north- west of Ghana , was a kingdom inferior indeed to the other , yet powerful and independent . It carried on an extensive traffic with the ...
... chief seat of the interior commerce of Africa . Tocrur , about twenty - four days ' journey north- west of Ghana , was a kingdom inferior indeed to the other , yet powerful and independent . It carried on an extensive traffic with the ...
Pàgina 48
... chief mart , was lavishly employed in the ornament of his court and person . He displayed solid masses , larger even than the one at Ghana , and some of his orna- ments weighed 1300 ounces . The royal palace and several mosques were ...
... chief mart , was lavishly employed in the ornament of his court and person . He displayed solid masses , larger even than the one at Ghana , and some of his orna- ments weighed 1300 ounces . The royal palace and several mosques were ...
Pàgina 55
... to gratify the anxious desire of his sovereign to see and converse with these African chiefs ; that in fifteen moons they should certainly be brought back again , and that meanwhile a number of his people PORTUGUESE DISCOVERIES . 55 55.
... to gratify the anxious desire of his sovereign to see and converse with these African chiefs ; that in fifteen moons they should certainly be brought back again , and that meanwhile a number of his people PORTUGUESE DISCOVERIES . 55 55.
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