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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... shores , and to round her stormy capes , has tried the courage and hardihood of the greatest navigators . Could Africa cease to exist , great facilities would be afforded to the communica- tion between the other continents , and many ...
... shores , and to round her stormy capes , has tried the courage and hardihood of the greatest navigators . Could Africa cease to exist , great facilities would be afforded to the communica- tion between the other continents , and many ...
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... 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 attainments which exalt and adorn human nature , had at that ...
... 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 attainments which exalt and adorn human nature , had at that ...
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... shore , kindled a fire , uttered loud cries , and laid on the sand a certain quantity of goods . The natives hearing them , and seeing the smoke , came down , surveyed the deposite , placed beside it a cer- tain portion of gold , the ...
... shore , kindled a fire , uttered loud cries , and laid on the sand a certain quantity of goods . The natives hearing them , and seeing the smoke , came down , surveyed the deposite , placed beside it a cer- tain portion of gold , the ...
Pàgina 26
... shores as existing in a state of the most extreme barbarity and wretchedness . They are classed by Diodorus and ... shore , but extended a very short distance inland ; being bounded on each side by two unknown coasts , which stretched so ...
... shores as existing in a state of the most extreme barbarity and wretchedness . They are classed by Diodorus and ... shore , but extended a very short distance inland ; being bounded on each side by two unknown coasts , which stretched so ...
Pàgina 28
... coasting navigation ; and which , draw- ing very little water , could be kept quite close to the shore , and even be drawn on land , whenever an emergency made this step indispensable . The state- ment , 28 ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA .
... coasting navigation ; and which , draw- ing very little water , could be kept quite close to the shore , and even be drawn on land , whenever an emergency made this step indispensable . The state- ment , 28 ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA .
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