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 v
... less of toil and peril , to penetrate into unknown coun- tries . Down to a comparatively recent period , the greater part of its immense surface was the subject only of vague report and conjecture . The progress of those discoverers ...
... less of toil and peril , to penetrate into unknown coun- tries . Down to a comparatively recent period , the greater part of its immense surface was the subject only of vague report and conjecture . The progress of those discoverers ...
Pàgina vi
... less to endure from that almost total absence of human life which ren- ders the Arctic zone so dreary , than they had to ex- perience in the latter from the fierce , contemptuous , and persecuting character of the people who occupy the ...
... less to endure from that almost total absence of human life which ren- ders the Arctic zone so dreary , than they had to ex- perience in the latter from the fierce , contemptuous , and persecuting character of the people who occupy the ...
Pàgina 20
... less , presents here many singular and even formidable cha- racteristics . The flying tribes , in particular , through the action of the sun on the swampy forests , rise up in terrible and destructive numbers . They fill the air and ...
... less , presents here many singular and even formidable cha- racteristics . The flying tribes , in particular , through the action of the sun on the swampy forests , rise up in terrible and destructive numbers . They fill the air and ...
Pàgina 33
... which Europeans could not regain for thousands of years , and one of which , at the present day , is still entirely new to us The next expedition on record was made under less pleasing ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA . 33.
... which Europeans could not regain for thousands of years , and one of which , at the present day , is still entirely new to us The next expedition on record was made under less pleasing ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA . 33.
Pàgina 34
... less pleasing auspices . Sataspes , a Persian nobleman , had been condemned by Xerxes to crucifixion , on account of some crime of which he had been guilty ; but his mother , by earnest entreaty , obtained a commutation of the sen ...
... less pleasing auspices . Sataspes , a Persian nobleman , had been condemned by Xerxes to crucifixion , on account of some crime of which he had been guilty ; but his mother , by earnest entreaty , obtained a commutation of the sen ...
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