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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... direction of their length , cover a much greater surface , and thus create fertility in the more limited plains which intervene between the mountains and the ocean . But the largest of the African rivers , directing their course through ...
... direction of their length , cover a much greater surface , and thus create fertility in the more limited plains which intervene between the mountains and the ocean . But the largest of the African rivers , directing their course through ...
Pàgina 19
... ground ; and he is now on the border of the Carthaginian territory , of which , for reasons that Major Rennel cannot fully comprehend , he forbears to treat . He follows the direction of the interior ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA . 19.
... ground ; and he is now on the border of the Carthaginian territory , of which , for reasons that Major Rennel cannot fully comprehend , he forbears to treat . He follows the direction of the interior ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA . 19.
Pàgina 20
... direction of the interior , from the Garamantes , beyond whom were Ethiopians dwelling in caves , and running so swiftly that the former people were obliged to hunt them in chariots , -a proceeding very unsuitable to the meek cha ...
... direction of the interior , from the Garamantes , beyond whom were Ethiopians dwelling in caves , and running so swiftly that the former people were obliged to hunt them in chariots , -a proceeding very unsuitable to the meek cha ...
Pàgina 29
... direction , and attained at length one of the oases or verdant islands which bespangle the desert . Here they saw trees laden with agreeable fruit , and had begun to pluck , when there suddenly ap- peared a band of little black men ...
... direction , and attained at length one of the oases or verdant islands which bespangle the desert . Here they saw trees laden with agreeable fruit , and had begun to pluck , when there suddenly ap- peared a band of little black men ...
Pàgina 34
... direction he should first pro- ceed ; and an expedition to trace the upper course and fountain of the Nile was at one time contem- plated . But the spirit of adventure was soon turn- ed towards another object by the arrival of a na ...
... direction he should first pro- ceed ; and an expedition to trace the upper course and fountain of the Nile was at one time contem- plated . But the spirit of adventure was soon turn- ed towards another object by the arrival of a na ...
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