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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... direction of their length , cover a much greater surface , and thus create ferti- lity in the more limited plains which intervene between the mountains and the ocean . But the largest of the African rivers , directing their course ...
... direction of their length , cover a much greater surface , and thus create ferti- lity in the more limited plains which intervene between the mountains and the ocean . But the largest of the African rivers , directing their course ...
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... direction of the interior , from the Garamantes , beyond whom were Ethio- pians dwelling in caves , and running so swiftly that the former people were obliged to hunt them in chariots , —a proceeding very unsuitable to the meek ...
... direction of the interior , from the Garamantes , beyond whom were Ethio- pians dwelling in caves , and running so swiftly that the former people were obliged to hunt them in chariots , —a proceeding very unsuitable to the meek ...
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... direction he should first proceed ; and an expedition to trace the upper course and fountain of the Nile was at one time contem- plated . But the spirit of adventure was soon turned towards another object by the arrival of a native of ...
... direction he should first proceed ; and an expedition to trace the upper course and fountain of the Nile was at one time contem- plated . But the spirit of adventure was soon turned towards another object by the arrival of a native of ...
Pàgina 39
... direction , could the learned agree where that town was situated ; but all the names being changed , and no observations of latitude having been made , it is impossible to fix with certainty any one position . Rhapta , according to ...
... direction , could the learned agree where that town was situated ; but all the names being changed , and no observations of latitude having been made , it is impossible to fix with certainty any one position . Rhapta , according to ...
Pàgina 47
... direction ; in re- ligion , science , freedom , and industry . It eagerly sought , not only to break loose from that thraldom in which it had been bound for so many ages , but to rival and even surpass all that had been achieved during ...
... direction ; in re- ligion , science , freedom , and industry . It eagerly sought , not only to break loose from that thraldom in which it had been bound for so many ages , but to rival and even surpass all that had been achieved during ...
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