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 vi
... kingdom , therefore , has been reserved for a separate volume , which will contain also an account of Nubia and Abyssinia . EDINBURGH , 20th November , 1830 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. GENERAL VIEW OF THE NATURAL FEATURES vi PREFACE .
... kingdom , therefore , has been reserved for a separate volume , which will contain also an account of Nubia and Abyssinia . EDINBURGH , 20th November , 1830 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. GENERAL VIEW OF THE NATURAL FEATURES vi PREFACE .
Pàgina viii
... Sackatoo - Sultan Bello - Return of the Travellers ... 126 CHAPTER XIII . CLAPPERTON'S SECOND JOURNEY , & c . Objects of this Journey - Departure from Badagry - Death of Pearce and of Morrison - Kingdom of Yarriba - Eyeo - Kiama CONTENTS .
... Sackatoo - Sultan Bello - Return of the Travellers ... 126 CHAPTER XIII . CLAPPERTON'S SECOND JOURNEY , & c . Objects of this Journey - Departure from Badagry - Death of Pearce and of Morrison - Kingdom of Yarriba - Eyeo - Kiama CONTENTS .
Pàgina ix
... Kingdom of Yarriba - Eyeo - Kiama - Wawa - Boussa- Particulars respecting Park - Nyffee - Koolfu - Zaria - Kano - Siege of Coonia - Violent Conduct of Sultan Bello - Sickness and Death of Clapperton at Sackatoo - His Servant Lander ...
... Kingdom of Yarriba - Eyeo - Kiama - Wawa - Boussa- Particulars respecting Park - Nyffee - Koolfu - Zaria - Kano - Siege of Coonia - Violent Conduct of Sultan Bello - Sickness and Death of Clapperton at Sackatoo - His Servant Lander ...
Pàgina 13
... kingdoms and regions under their varied aspects , it may be interesting to take a rapid survey of this continent in its original state , as it came from the hands of nature . Though immense , and abounding even with the most striking ...
... kingdoms and regions under their varied aspects , it may be interesting to take a rapid survey of this continent in its original state , as it came from the hands of nature . Though immense , and abounding even with the most striking ...
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... kingdoms along their border , the soil is most profusely wa- tered , and , under the influence of a tropical sun , produces , perhaps , beyond any other part of the world , that luxuriant growth and those gigantic vegetable forms ...
... kingdoms along their border , the soil is most profusely wa- tered , and , under the influence of a tropical sun , produces , perhaps , beyond any other part of the world , that luxuriant growth and those gigantic vegetable forms ...
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