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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... miles along the Nile above Egypt , formed the ancient Ethiopia , a sacred realm , in which the priests placed the most revered objects of their mythology . Here Jove repaired to hold his annual festival ; and here was spread the table ...
... miles along the Nile above Egypt , formed the ancient Ethiopia , a sacred realm , in which the priests placed the most revered objects of their mythology . Here Jove repaired to hold his annual festival ; and here was spread the table ...
Pàgina 36
... miles , the other one of nearly 3000 ; and yet each theory is sup- ported by profound and able arguments . In such a case who shall decide ? I really have made some attempts to do so , without being able to come to so clear a decision ...
... miles , the other one of nearly 3000 ; and yet each theory is sup- ported by profound and able arguments . In such a case who shall decide ? I really have made some attempts to do so , without being able to come to so clear a decision ...
Pàgina 39
... miles south - east from Rhapta . Gosselin makes it Brava ; but this is still short of the mouths of the seven rivers which afford the test of this chain of positions . Dr. Vincent , again , would have Prasum to be Mozambique ; but ...
... miles south - east from Rhapta . Gosselin makes it Brava ; but this is still short of the mouths of the seven rivers which afford the test of this chain of positions . Dr. Vincent , again , would have Prasum to be Mozambique ; but ...
Pàgina 42
... . They describe the Atlantic as only about five hundred miles beyond Tocrur , although two thousand would have been nearer the truth : perhaps they mistook the great lake Dibbie for the sea 42 SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS .
... . They describe the Atlantic as only about five hundred miles beyond Tocrur , although two thousand would have been nearer the truth : perhaps they mistook the great lake Dibbie for the sea 42 SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS .
Pàgina 46
... miles south - east of Timbuctoo , is evidently Eyeo , lately visited by Clapperton . Ghinea , or Gheneoa , described as a city of great commerce and splendour , has been supposed to be Ghana ; but I think it is evidently Jenne , which ...
... miles south - east of Timbuctoo , is evidently Eyeo , lately visited by Clapperton . Ghinea , or Gheneoa , described as a city of great commerce and splendour , has been supposed to be Ghana ; but I think it is evidently Jenne , which ...
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