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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... nearly in the centre of the earth , and obstructing the great highway across the ocean . Her coasts form the chief barrier to a direct maritime intercourse between the distant extremities of the globe . To perform the vast circuit of ...
... nearly in the centre of the earth , and obstructing the great highway across the ocean . Her coasts form the chief barrier to a direct maritime intercourse between the distant extremities of the globe . To perform the vast circuit of ...
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... nearly comprised within the circuit of the Mediterranean shores , Northern Africa held in their view no inconsiderable importance . This region , which is now covered with thick darkness , and left so far behind in all the arts and ...
... nearly comprised within the circuit of the Mediterranean shores , Northern Africa held in their view no inconsiderable importance . This region , which is now covered with thick darkness , and left so far behind in all the arts and ...
Pàgina 33
... nearly 3000 ; and yet each theory is supported by profound and able ar- guments . In such a case who shall decide ? I real- ly have made some attempts to do so , without be- ing able to come to so clear a decision as would justify me in ...
... nearly 3000 ; and yet each theory is supported by profound and able ar- guments . In such a case who shall decide ? I real- ly have made some attempts to do so , without be- ing able to come to so clear a decision as would justify me in ...
Pàgina 59
... nearly similar . The people gave them the most cordial re- ception , flocked in crowds to witness and to share in the pomp of their ceremonies , accepted with thank- fulness their sacred gifts , and received by thousands the rite of ...
... nearly similar . The people gave them the most cordial re- ception , flocked in crowds to witness and to share in the pomp of their ceremonies , accepted with thank- fulness their sacred gifts , and received by thousands the rite of ...
Pàgina 65
... the purpose of exploring the Gambia . They sent out , that same year , Richard Thompson , a person of spirit and enterprise , in charge of the Catherine E of 120 tons , with a cargo worth nearly two EARLY ENGLISH DISCOVERIES . 65.
... the purpose of exploring the Gambia . They sent out , that same year , Richard Thompson , a person of spirit and enterprise , in charge of the Catherine E of 120 tons , with a cargo worth nearly two EARLY ENGLISH DISCOVERIES . 65.
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