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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... principal contributor in that branch of science to the new edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica . The present volume , having for its main object the History of Discovery and Adventure , does not include the countries on the ...
... principal contributor in that branch of science to the new edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica . The present volume , having for its main object the History of Discovery and Adventure , does not include the countries on the ...
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... principal source of that luxuriant fertility , that mighty growth of vegetable forms , which singularly characterize the tropical cli- mates . It is to the waters which descend from the lofty precipices and eternal snows of the Himma ...
... principal source of that luxuriant fertility , that mighty growth of vegetable forms , which singularly characterize the tropical cli- mates . It is to the waters which descend from the lofty precipices and eternal snows of the Himma ...
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... principal vessel was stranded upon one of those dangerous sand - banks which abound on the coast . The crew were so fortunate , however , as to con- vey ashore not only the cargo but the timbers , out of which Eudoxus , with zeal that ...
... principal vessel was stranded upon one of those dangerous sand - banks which abound on the coast . The crew were so fortunate , however , as to con- vey ashore not only the cargo but the timbers , out of which Eudoxus , with zeal that ...
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... principal of which is that of the Quilli- mane , a conclusion which necessarily carries the situation of Rhapta southward to Quiloa . Ptolemy , who wrote probably a century later , gives the more remote position of Prasum as a ...
... principal of which is that of the Quilli- mane , a conclusion which necessarily carries the situation of Rhapta southward to Quiloa . Ptolemy , who wrote probably a century later , gives the more remote position of Prasum as a ...
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... principal establishment . The country was far from presenting a brilliant aspect , though it was visited by caravans of the " Brabariis and Luddaias , " ( the people of Bambarra and Ludamar , ) who gave a very favour- able report of the ...
... principal establishment . The country was far from presenting a brilliant aspect , though it was visited by caravans of the " Brabariis and Luddaias , " ( the people of Bambarra and Ludamar , ) who gave a very favour- able report of the ...
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