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 49
... remained sunk in profound apathy respecting all objects relating to science , discovery , and distant commerce . The splendour of the Crescent for a short interval outshone all that was brightest in the Chris- tian world ; and the ...
... remained sunk in profound apathy respecting all objects relating to science , discovery , and distant commerce . The splendour of the Crescent for a short interval outshone all that was brightest in the Chris- tian world ; and the ...
Pàgina 56
... remained two years , experiencing the very best treatment ; and on their being considered ripe for baptism , the king stood god- father to the principal envoy , and his chief nobles to others ; on which occasion the Africans received ...
... remained two years , experiencing the very best treatment ; and on their being considered ripe for baptism , the king stood god- father to the principal envoy , and his chief nobles to others ; on which occasion the Africans received ...
Pàgina 58
... remained attached to the Portuguese . The old king dying soon after , the zeal- ous convert became entitled to reign ; but his bro- ther , Panso Aquitimo , supported by the nobles and almost the whole nation , raised the standard of re ...
... remained attached to the Portuguese . The old king dying soon after , the zeal- ous convert became entitled to reign ; but his bro- ther , Panso Aquitimo , supported by the nobles and almost the whole nation , raised the standard of re ...
Pàgina 67
... remained , professed , in respect to Hector Nunez and the massacre of the English crew , an igno- rance , and even a horror , for which he gave them very little credit . He had reason , on the contrary , to believe that they were ...
... remained , professed , in respect to Hector Nunez and the massacre of the English crew , an igno- rance , and even a horror , for which he gave them very little credit . He had reason , on the contrary , to believe that they were ...
Pàgina 93
... remained an unseemly blank in the map of the earth . Such a circumstance was felt as dis- creditable to a great maritime and commercial na- tion , as well as to the sciences upon which the extension of geographical knowledge depends ...
... remained an unseemly blank in the map of the earth . Such a circumstance was felt as dis- creditable to a great maritime and commercial na- tion , as well as to the sciences upon which the extension of geographical knowledge depends ...
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