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 37
... described in a work of later date , written apparently after the establishment of the Roman power in Egypt . It is termed the Periplus of the Erythrean or Indian Sea , by an author whose name was Arrian ; but it comprises not so much ...
... described in a work of later date , written apparently after the establishment of the Roman power in Egypt . It is termed the Periplus of the Erythrean or Indian Sea , by an author whose name was Arrian ; but it comprises not so much ...
Pàgina 42
... described by the Arabian writers . The whole range of alpine territory to the south- ward of the regions now described was called Lam- lam , and presented a continued scene of barbarous violence . It was branded as the land of the infi ...
... described by the Arabian writers . The whole range of alpine territory to the south- ward of the regions now described was called Lam- lam , and presented a continued scene of barbarous violence . It was branded as the land of the infi ...
Pàgina 45
... described it as situated on a river to the south of Timbuctoo ; but it is not so easy to identify it with any modern po- sition . Our traveller makes heavy complaints of the cold reception and narrow bounty of an African po- tentate ...
... described it as situated on a river to the south of Timbuctoo ; but it is not so easy to identify it with any modern po- sition . Our traveller makes heavy complaints of the cold reception and narrow bounty of an African po- tentate ...
Pàgina 47
... described as being chiefly peopled by merchants from Latham ; but what particular coun- try that was , it appears now impossible to conjecture . He next proceeded eastward by Kakaw , Bardama , and Nakda , where he seems to have been ...
... described as being chiefly peopled by merchants from Latham ; but what particular coun- try that was , it appears now impossible to conjecture . He next proceeded eastward by Kakaw , Bardama , and Nakda , where he seems to have been ...
Pàgina 48
... described as a city of great commerce and splendour , has been supposed to be Ghana ; but I think it is evidently Jenne , which Park found to be the largest and most flourishing city of Bambarra . At Timbuctoo many of the merchants were ...
... described as a city of great commerce and splendour , has been supposed to be Ghana ; but I think it is evidently Jenne , which Park found to be the largest and most flourishing city of Bambarra . At Timbuctoo many of the merchants were ...
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