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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... whole territory is situated within the tropics . The other portions of the earth's surface , which lie directly beneath the solar influence , consist generally either of sea , or of narrow and insular lands , refreshed by breezes from ...
... whole territory is situated within the tropics . The other portions of the earth's surface , which lie directly beneath the solar influence , consist generally either of sea , or of narrow and insular lands , refreshed by breezes from ...
Pàgina 6
... whole forests of which rise amid the sand , distilling those rich gums that afford an important material of Af- rican commerce . The lotus , a celebrated and clas- sical shrub , the tamarisk , and other small and ele- gant trees ...
... whole forests of which rise amid the sand , distilling those rich gums that afford an important material of Af- rican commerce . The lotus , a celebrated and clas- sical shrub , the tamarisk , and other small and ele- gant trees ...
Pàgina 9
... whole provinces were overrun by them , and that one , after disputing the passage of a river with a Roman army , was destroy- ed only by the use of a battering engine . Emerging from these dank regions , where the earth , under the ...
... whole provinces were overrun by them , and that one , after disputing the passage of a river with a Roman army , was destroy- ed only by the use of a battering engine . Emerging from these dank regions , where the earth , under the ...
Pàgina 11
... Whole provinces which , at their entrance , are covered with rich har- vests and brilliant verdure , are left without a leaf or a blade . Even when destroyed by famine or tem- pest they cover immense tracts , exhaling the most noxious ...
... Whole provinces which , at their entrance , are covered with rich har- vests and brilliant verdure , are left without a leaf or a blade . Even when destroyed by famine or tem- pest they cover immense tracts , exhaling the most noxious ...
Pàgina 16
... whole of the known world , was obliged , in the absence of written records , to have recourse to travelling ; and his narrative is al- most entirely the record of what he saw and heard during his various peregrinations . By means of a ...
... whole of the known world , was obliged , in the absence of written records , to have recourse to travelling ; and his narrative is al- most entirely the record of what he saw and heard during his various peregrinations . By means of a ...
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