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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... consist generally either of sea , or of narrow and insular lands , refreshed by breezes from the ocean . But the greatest breadth of Africa is under the immediate power and dominion of the sun ; and most of her people see that great ...
... consist generally either of sea , or of narrow and insular lands , refreshed by breezes from the ocean . But the greatest breadth of Africa is under the immediate power and dominion of the sun ; and most of her people see that great ...
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... consisting of the Sion of 200 tons , and the St John of 50 , and gave the command to Richard Jobson , to whom we are indebted for the first satis- factory account of the great river - districts of West- ern Africa . Jobson entered the ...
... consisting of the Sion of 200 tons , and the St John of 50 , and gave the command to Richard Jobson , to whom we are indebted for the first satis- factory account of the great river - districts of West- ern Africa . Jobson entered the ...
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... consist of a mass of lofty , naked , and barren mountains , and to contain scarcely any treasures , ex- cept those which are hid in the bowels of the earth . Besides , it is in the most arid and dreary spot of this gloomy region that ...
... consist of a mass of lofty , naked , and barren mountains , and to contain scarcely any treasures , ex- cept those which are hid in the bowels of the earth . Besides , it is in the most arid and dreary spot of this gloomy region that ...
Pàgina 139
... consists chiefly in large gardens of dates , bas- kets of which fruit form here the standard of value . The government is vested in a very turbulent aristo- cracy of about thirty chiefs , who meet in council in the vicinity of the town ...
... consists chiefly in large gardens of dates , bas- kets of which fruit form here the standard of value . The government is vested in a very turbulent aristo- cracy of about thirty chiefs , who meet in council in the vicinity of the town ...
Pàgina 148
... of apart- ments on the ground floor , enclosed by a mud wall . This , in fact , is an exact description of all the African cities , where lofty structures of solid stone , in which consists the magnificence of Euro- pean 148 ADAMS .
... of apart- ments on the ground floor , enclosed by a mud wall . This , in fact , is an exact description of all the African cities , where lofty structures of solid stone , in which consists the magnificence of Euro- pean 148 ADAMS .
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