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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... continent at the present day . This quarter of the globe has afforded more ample scope than any other to the exertions of that class of men whose enterprising spirit impels them , regard- less of toil and peril , to penetrate into ...
... continent at the present day . This quarter of the globe has afforded more ample scope than any other to the exertions of that class of men whose enterprising spirit impels them , regard- less of toil and peril , to penetrate into ...
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... continent . In a word , while exploring these remote regions , they braved almost every species of danger , and passed through every variety of suffering , by which the strength and fortitude of man can be tried . The Narrative of these ...
... continent . In a word , while exploring these remote regions , they braved almost every species of danger , and passed through every variety of suffering , by which the strength and fortitude of man can be tried . The Narrative of these ...
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... 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 . Rise of the Spirit of Discovery ...
... 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 . Rise of the Spirit of Discovery ...
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... continent in its original state , as it came from the hands of nature . Though immense , and abounding even with the most striking and surprising contrasts , yet , on a general view , a certain uniformity , approaching almost to ...
... continent in its original state , as it came from the hands of nature . Though immense , and abounding even with the most striking and surprising contrasts , yet , on a general view , a certain uniformity , approaching almost to ...
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... continent , exhibiting an expanse of burning surface , where for many days the tra- veller finds not a drop of water , nor sees the least vestige of animal or vegetable nature . He pursues his dreary route amid loose hills , continually ...
... continent , exhibiting an expanse of burning surface , where for many days the tra- veller finds not a drop of water , nor sees the least vestige of animal or vegetable nature . He pursues his dreary route amid loose hills , continually ...
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