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
... regions has at 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 ...
... regions has at 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 ...
Pàgina iv
... regions , they braved almost every species of danger , and passed through every variety of suffer- ing , by which the strength and fortitude of man can be tried . The Narrative of these successive Travels and Expeditions has been ...
... regions , they braved almost every species of danger , and passed through every variety of suffer- ing , by which the strength and fortitude of man can be tried . The Narrative of these successive Travels and Expeditions has been ...
Pàgina xii
... Regions or Divisions . - 1 . Geology of the Atlas or Northern Re- gion - Age of the Atlas Mountains . - 2 . Geology of the Sahara Region - Subterranean Villages near Tripoli ; in Spain and France - Tertiary Rocks of Benioleed- Soudan ...
... Regions or Divisions . - 1 . Geology of the Atlas or Northern Re- gion - Age of the Atlas Mountains . - 2 . Geology of the Sahara Region - Subterranean Villages near Tripoli ; in Spain and France - Tertiary Rocks of Benioleed- Soudan ...
Pàgina 4
... regions between the tropics , when not copiously watered , moulder into sand , alternating with a hard and impenetrable stratum of clay . The central wastes of Asia , those of Arabia , and of Sin- detic Hindostan , though inferior to ...
... regions between the tropics , when not copiously watered , moulder into sand , alternating with a hard and impenetrable stratum of clay . The central wastes of Asia , those of Arabia , and of Sin- detic Hindostan , though inferior to ...
Pàgina 5
... regions . The baobab , or great calabash , ap- pears to be the most enormous tree on the face of the earth . Adanson assures us , that the circumfer- ence in some cases is equal to thirteen fathoms , as measured by his arms clasped ...
... regions . The baobab , or great calabash , ap- pears to be the most enormous tree on the face of the earth . Adanson assures us , that the circumfer- ence in some cases is equal to thirteen fathoms , as measured by his arms clasped ...
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