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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... considerably , the limits to which the volumes of the EDINBURGH CABINET LIBRARY must in general be confined . As the Publishers , however , have made no increased charge on this account , the reader , it is presumed , will appreciate ...
... considerably , the limits to which the volumes of the EDINBURGH CABINET LIBRARY must in general be confined . As the Publishers , however , have made no increased charge on this account , the reader , it is presumed , will appreciate ...
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... considerable navigation along the eastern coast of the Red Sea , which , as they held the continent to be bounded by the Nile , they accounted scarcely African ; but upon this subject we must follow mo- dern ideas . Ptolemy Euergetes ...
... considerable navigation along the eastern coast of the Red Sea , which , as they held the continent to be bounded by the Nile , they accounted scarcely African ; but upon this subject we must follow mo- dern ideas . Ptolemy Euergetes ...
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... considerable space ; but when he saw the Atlantic waves beating against the dreary shore of the Sahara , that scene of frequent and terrible shipwreck , it probably appear- ed to him that any ordinary form of death was pre- ferable to ...
... considerable space ; but when he saw the Atlantic waves beating against the dreary shore of the Sahara , that scene of frequent and terrible shipwreck , it probably appear- ed to him that any ordinary form of death was pre- ferable to ...
Pàgina 34
... or to aid him in his under- taking . An extraordinary sensation seems to have been created in these commercial cities . Eudoxus easily assembled round him a considerable band of volunteers , 6 34 ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA .
... or to aid him in his under- taking . An extraordinary sensation seems to have been created in these commercial cities . Eudoxus easily assembled round him a considerable band of volunteers , 6 34 ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA .
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... considerable band of volunteers , and was enabled to equip amply and even splendidly two vessels , furnished with medi- cal men and artisans of various descriptions , and even enlivened by a band of youthful musicians . In this array he ...
... considerable band of volunteers , and was enabled to equip amply and even splendidly two vessels , furnished with medi- cal men and artisans of various descriptions , and even enlivened by a band of youthful musicians . In this array he ...
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