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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... enter into a speculation on the forma- tion of the earth . That every part of its surface lay once beneath the waters is sufficiently apparent ; but there is at least no historical proof that Africa emer- ged later than other continents ...
... enter into a speculation on the forma- tion of the earth . That every part of its surface lay once beneath the waters is sufficiently apparent ; but there is at least no historical proof that Africa emer- ged later than other continents ...
Pàgina 30
... enter- prise . Sataspes sailed southward for a 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 ...
... enter- prise . Sataspes sailed southward for a 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 ...
Pàgina 74
... enter- tained the idea of retrieving them by opening a path into the golden regions still reported to exist in the in- terior of Africa . At his suggestion the Company , in 1723 , furnished Captain Bartholomew Stibbs with the usual ...
... enter- tained the idea of retrieving them by opening a path into the golden regions still reported to exist in the in- terior of Africa . At his suggestion the Company , in 1723 , furnished Captain Bartholomew Stibbs with the usual ...
Pàgina 102
... enter the great forest or wilderness which separates this country from Bon- dou . He conformed to the example of his compa- nions in hanging a charm or shred of cloth upon a tree at its entrance , which was completely covered with those ...
... enter the great forest or wilderness which separates this country from Bon- dou . He conformed to the example of his compa- nions in hanging a charm or shred of cloth upon a tree at its entrance , which was completely covered with those ...
Pàgina 104
... enter it from Kaarta . There remained therefore no alternative but to go by way of the Moorish kingdom of Ludamar , a perilous and fatal route , in which Major Houghton had already perished . Mr Park , however , hoped , by proceeding ...
... enter it from Kaarta . There remained therefore no alternative but to go by way of the Moorish kingdom of Ludamar , a perilous and fatal route , in which Major Houghton had already perished . Mr Park , however , hoped , by proceeding ...
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