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 5
... extending across the breadth only of Africa . The Andes and the Himmaleh , those stupendous heights of Ame- rica and Asia , as they traverse these continents in the direction of their length , cover a much greater surface , and thus ...
... extending across the breadth only of Africa . The Andes and the Himmaleh , those stupendous heights of Ame- rica and Asia , as they traverse these continents in the direction of their length , cover a much greater surface , and thus ...
Pàgina 6
... extending horizontally from the trunk , each equal to a large tree , make the baobab a fo- rest as it were in itself . The mangrove , too , which rises on the borders of rivers or inundated spots , diffuses itself in a manner truly ...
... extending horizontally from the trunk , each equal to a large tree , make the baobab a fo- rest as it were in itself . The mangrove , too , which rises on the borders of rivers or inundated spots , diffuses itself in a manner truly ...
Pàgina 14
... extends along the Mediter- ranean , was not only well known to the nations of antiquity , but constituted an integral part of their political and social system . This coast forms , indeed , only a comparatively small portion of that ...
... extends along the Mediter- ranean , was not only well known to the nations of antiquity , but constituted an integral part of their political and social system . This coast forms , indeed , only a comparatively small portion of that ...
Pàgina 22
... Extending his view beyond the Atlas , he describes the Mauri , peo- pling a rich territory on the Atlantic coast capable of yielding the most copious harvests ; but nothing could wean the nation from the wandering life in which they 22 ...
... Extending his view beyond the Atlas , he describes the Mauri , peo- pling a rich territory on the Atlantic coast capable of yielding the most copious harvests ; but nothing could wean the nation from the wandering life in which they 22 ...
Pàgina 24
... extends for several hundred miles along the Nile above Egypt , formed the ancient Ethiopia , a sacred realm , in which the priests placed the most revered objects of their mythology . Here Jove repaired to hold his annual festival ; and ...
... extends for several hundred miles along the Nile above Egypt , formed the ancient Ethiopia , a sacred realm , in which the priests placed the most revered objects of their mythology . Here Jove repaired to hold his annual festival ; and ...
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