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 |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 5 de 53.
Pàgina 21
... person- age , when she is about to add to the numbers of the tribe , presents a most extraordinary spectacle , being then swelled to many times the amount of her natural dimensions ; and when the critical period arrives , instead of a ...
... person- age , when she is about to add to the numbers of the tribe , presents a most extraordinary spectacle , being then swelled to many times the amount of her natural dimensions ; and when the critical period arrives , instead of a ...
Pàgina 38
... person to another . The descriptions of Strabo , collected from the best sources , with severe and even malignant scrutiny , contain none of those suspicious wonders , nor any event which at all ex- ceeds the common course of nature . A ...
... person to another . The descriptions of Strabo , collected from the best sources , with severe and even malignant scrutiny , contain none of those suspicious wonders , nor any event which at all ex- ceeds the common course of nature . A ...
Pàgina 43
... person the regions which they describe . Arabic literature has , notwithstanding , been also enriched by the productions of some eminent travellers . Wahab and Abu- zaid , in the ninth century , penetrated into China , and com ...
... person the regions which they describe . Arabic literature has , notwithstanding , been also enriched by the productions of some eminent travellers . Wahab and Abu- zaid , in the ninth century , penetrated into China , and com ...
Pàgina 46
... person . He displayed solid masses , larger even than the one at Ghana , and some of his ornaments weigehd 1300 ounces . The royal palace and several mosques were handsomely built of stone ; but the ordinary habitations here , as in all ...
... person . He displayed solid masses , larger even than the one at Ghana , and some of his ornaments weigehd 1300 ounces . The royal palace and several mosques were handsomely built of stone ; but the ordinary habitations here , as in all ...
Pàgina 48
... person , of whom they had heard much under the mysterious appella- tion of Prester John . This singular name seems to have been first introduced by travellers from Eastern Asia , where it had been applied to some Nestorian bishop , who ...
... person , of whom they had heard much under the mysterious appella- tion of Prester John . This singular name seems to have been first introduced by travellers from Eastern Asia , where it had been applied to some Nestorian bishop , who ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1830 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1836 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1832 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
amid ancient animals appeared Arabs arrived Bambarra banks beautiful Benin bird Boo Khalloom borders Bornou Caillié called camels Cape Captain caravan chief Clapperton coast colour continent covered Desert Devil's Peak district earth Egypt elephants English Europe European expedition extending feet Fellatas female Fezzan frequently Gambia genus gneiss gold granite ground head Herodotus hills Hope horse Houssa immense inhabitants interior island Jenne journey Kano king kingdom lake land Lattakoo length limestone Major Denham miles Morocco mountains Mourzouk native nature nearly negro Niger northern Nubia observed occur ocean Park party passed peculiar plain Portuguese present Prester John prince quartz race reached regions remarkable river rocks salt sand sandstone savage scarcely seen Senegal sent sheik shores Sierra Leone slaves soon Southern Africa species sultan Table Mountain Timbuctoo tion town traveller trees tribe Tripoli trona Tuaricks village voyage whole wild