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 iii
... length been disclosed , having been accompanied with arduous labours , and achieved in the face of the most formidable obstacles , presents a continued succession of striking incidents , as well as of new and remarkable objects : And ...
... length been disclosed , having been accompanied with arduous labours , and achieved in the face of the most formidable obstacles , presents a continued succession of striking incidents , as well as of new and remarkable objects : And ...
Pàgina 5
... 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 a vast extent of ...
... 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 a vast extent of ...
Pàgina 7
... conspicuous and peculiar characteristics of African zoology . The subject is treated of at greater length in a subsequent part of this volume . strongest , but the most ferocious and untameable of all NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA . 7.
... conspicuous and peculiar characteristics of African zoology . The subject is treated of at greater length in a subsequent part of this volume . strongest , but the most ferocious and untameable of all NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA . 7.
Pàgina 10
... length , it dis- plays in every particular a deformed resemblance to the lord of the creation . It seems even to make a nearer approach than any other animal to the exer- cise of reason . It has been taught to make its own bed , to sit ...
... length , it dis- plays in every particular a deformed resemblance to the lord of the creation . It seems even to make a nearer approach than any other animal to the exer- cise of reason . It has been taught to make its own bed , to sit ...
Pàgina 15
... length in- cluded in the extended dominion of Rome . Yet , though all Mediterranean Africa thus merged into a province of the Roman world , it was still an opulent and enlightened one ; boasting equally with others its sages , its ...
... length in- cluded in the extended dominion of Rome . Yet , though all Mediterranean Africa thus merged into a province of the Roman world , it was still an opulent and enlightened one ; boasting equally with others its sages , its ...
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