Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: With Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and ZoologyJ. & J. Harper, 1846 - 359 pàgines |
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... ARABS . 22 Their Influence on this Continent - Migration into Central Africa- Ghana - Tocrur - Kuku - Wangara - Ulil - Eastern Africa - Travels of Ibn Batuta - Description by Leo Africanus ...... 40 CHAPTER IV . PORTUGUESE DISCOVERIES ...
... ARABS . 22 Their Influence on this Continent - Migration into Central Africa- Ghana - Tocrur - Kuku - Wangara - Ulil - Eastern Africa - Travels of Ibn Batuta - Description by Leo Africanus ...... 40 CHAPTER IV . PORTUGUESE DISCOVERIES ...
Pàgina 39
... At or near Cape Delegado , therefore , must , it appears , be fixed the boundary of ancient navigation along the eastern co st of Africa . CHAPTER III . Settlements of the Arabs . THE rise ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA . 39.
... At or near Cape Delegado , therefore , must , it appears , be fixed the boundary of ancient navigation along the eastern co st of Africa . CHAPTER III . Settlements of the Arabs . THE rise ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA . 39.
Pàgina 40
... Arabs . THE rise and triumph of the followers of Mohammed , who in fifty years spread their arms and their creed over half the eastern world , produced an immense change in the social system of Asia , and a still greater in that of ...
... Arabs . THE rise and triumph of the followers of Mohammed , who in fifty years spread their arms and their creed over half the eastern world , produced an immense change in the social system of Asia , and a still greater in that of ...
Pàgina 41
... converse with the governors and nobility . This country is manifestly Bornou , named from its capital , which bears still the same appellation . Twenty days ' journey to the south was Kaugha , a D2 SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS . 41.
... converse with the governors and nobility . This country is manifestly Bornou , named from its capital , which bears still the same appellation . Twenty days ' journey to the south was Kaugha , a D2 SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS . 41.
Pàgina 42
... They describe the Atlantic as only about five hundred miles beyond Tocrur , although two thousand would have been nearer the truth : perhaps they mistook the great lake Dibbie for the sea 42 SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS .
... They describe the Atlantic as only about five hundred miles beyond Tocrur , although two thousand would have been nearer the truth : perhaps they mistook the great lake Dibbie for the sea 42 SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS .
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