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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Pàgina 38
... described in a work of later date , written apparently after the establishment of the Roman power in Egypt . It is termed the Periplus of the Erythrean or Indian Sea , by an author whose name was Arrian ; but it comprises not so much ...
... described in a work of later date , written apparently after the establishment of the Roman power in Egypt . It is termed the Periplus of the Erythrean or Indian Sea , by an author whose name was Arrian ; but it comprises not so much ...
Pàgina 42
... described by the Arabian writers . The whole range of alpine territory to the southward of the regions now described was called Lamlam , and pre- sented a continued scene of barbarous violence . It was branded as the land of the ...
... described by the Arabian writers . The whole range of alpine territory to the southward of the regions now described was called Lamlam , and pre- sented a continued scene of barbarous violence . It was branded as the land of the ...
Pàgina 44
... described it as situated on a river to the south of Timbuctoo ; but it is not so easy to identify it with any modern position . Our traveller makes heavy complaints of the cold reception and narrow bounty of an African poten tate in ...
... described it as situated on a river to the south of Timbuctoo ; but it is not so easy to identify it with any modern position . Our traveller makes heavy complaints of the cold reception and narrow bounty of an African poten tate in ...
Pàgina 46
... described as a city of great commerce and splendour , has been supposed to be Ghana ; but I think it is evidently Jenne , which Park found to be the largest and most flou- rishing city of Bambarra . At Timbuctoo many of the mer- chants ...
... described as a city of great commerce and splendour , has been supposed to be Ghana ; but I think it is evidently Jenne , which Park found to be the largest and most flou- rishing city of Bambarra . At Timbuctoo many of the mer- chants ...
Pàgina 94
... described to Mr. Park as the great centre of the com- merce carried on between the Moors and negroes , by means of which the former people had filled it with Mohammedan converts ; it was added , that the king and his principal offi ...
... described to Mr. Park as the great centre of the com- merce carried on between the Moors and negroes , by means of which the former people had filled it with Mohammedan converts ; it was added , that the king and his principal offi ...
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