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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... passed through every variety of suffering , by which the strength and fortitude of man can be tried . The Narrative of these successive Travels and Expeditions has been contributed by Mr. Hugh Mur- ray . The Geological Illustrations ...
... passed through every variety of suffering , by which the strength and fortitude of man can be tried . The Narrative of these successive Travels and Expeditions has been contributed by Mr. Hugh Mur- ray . The Geological Illustrations ...
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... passed through many ages of alternate splendour and slavery , was also at length included in the extended dominion of Rome Yet , though all Mediterranean Africa thus merged into a province of the Roman world , it was still an opulent ...
... passed through many ages of alternate splendour and slavery , was also at length included in the extended dominion of Rome Yet , though all Mediterranean Africa thus merged into a province of the Roman world , it was still an opulent ...
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... passed with impunity . Yet the prin- ciple of curiosity cannot be extinguished in the human breast , and is even rendered more ardent by the greatest obstacles . To lift up a portion of that veil within which the vast mysteries of ...
... passed with impunity . Yet the prin- ciple of curiosity cannot be extinguished in the human breast , and is even rendered more ardent by the greatest obstacles . To lift up a portion of that veil within which the vast mysteries of ...
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... passing through the Pillars of Her- cules ( Straits of Gibraltar ) , and up the Mediterranean to Egypt . They related , that in the course of this very long voyage they had repeatedly drawn their boats on land , sowed grain in a ...
... passing through the Pillars of Her- cules ( Straits of Gibraltar ) , and up the Mediterranean to Egypt . They related , that in the course of this very long voyage they had repeatedly drawn their boats on land , sowed grain in a ...
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... passed first the region inhabited by man ; then that which was tenanted by wild beasts ; lastly , they reached the immeasurable sandy waste . Having laid in a good stock of water and provi- sions , they travelled many days partly in a ...
... passed first the region inhabited by man ; then that which was tenanted by wild beasts ; lastly , they reached the immeasurable sandy waste . Having laid in a good stock of water and provi- sions , they travelled many days partly in a ...
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