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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... Captain Tuckey reaches the Congo - Difficulties encountered - Great Sickness - Disas trous Issue - Major Peddie arrives at Kakundy - His Death - Captain Campbell advances into the Foulah Territory - Obliged to return - His Death - Gray ...
... Captain Tuckey reaches the Congo - Difficulties encountered - Great Sickness - Disas trous Issue - Major Peddie arrives at Kakundy - His Death - Captain Campbell advances into the Foulah Territory - Obliged to return - His Death - Gray ...
Pàgina 62
... captain that the country and every thing in it were thus placed at his disposal . In return for gifts so magnificent , it was impossible to refuse a few bottles of excellent brandy ; the value of which , however , Jobson never expected ...
... captain that the country and every thing in it were thus placed at his disposal . In return for gifts so magnificent , it was impossible to refuse a few bottles of excellent brandy ; the value of which , however , Jobson never expected ...
Pàgina 65
... Captain Bartholomew Stibbs with the usual means for sailing up the Gambia . On the 7th October this navigator arrived at James Island , the English settlement , about thirty miles from the mouth of the river , whence he immediately ...
... Captain Bartholomew Stibbs with the usual means for sailing up the Gambia . On the 7th October this navigator arrived at James Island , the English settlement , about thirty miles from the mouth of the river , whence he immediately ...
Pàgina 108
... captain would pay him a visit , which he unfortunately was never able to perform . CHAPTER X. Various Travellers - Horneman , Nicholls , Roentgen , Adams , Riley . Ir has been thought advisable to trace without interrup . tion the ...
... captain would pay him a visit , which he unfortunately was never able to perform . CHAPTER X. Various Travellers - Horneman , Nicholls , Roentgen , Adams , Riley . Ir has been thought advisable to trace without interrup . tion the ...
Pàgina 115
... captain was killed , apparently in consequence of rash and violent behaviour ; but the crew were taken prisoners , and divided among the captors . Adams , one of the sailors , ac- cording to his own statement , was carried to the border ...
... captain was killed , apparently in consequence of rash and violent behaviour ; but the crew were taken prisoners , and divided among the captors . Adams , one of the sailors , ac- cording to his own statement , was carried to the border ...
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