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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... Plains and Valleys , or Kloofs - Description of the Karroo Plains- Geognosy of the Peninsula of the Cape of Good Hope CONTENTS . ix.
... Plains and Valleys , or Kloofs - Description of the Karroo Plains- Geognosy of the Peninsula of the Cape of Good Hope CONTENTS . ix.
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... plains of sand form a feature so truly alarming . The Great Desert , with the exception of the narrow valley of the Nile , reaches across the entire continent , exhibiting an expanse of burning surface , where for many days the tra ...
... plains of sand form a feature so truly alarming . The Great Desert , with the exception of the narrow valley of the Nile , reaches across the entire continent , exhibiting an expanse of burning surface , where for many days the tra ...
Pàgina 15
... plains of Hindostan and China owe their amazing fruitfulness . Africa , too , has elevated mountain - chains , which give rise to several rivers of great magnitude and most fertilizing influence . Atlas , along its northern border ...
... plains of Hindostan and China owe their amazing fruitfulness . Africa , too , has elevated mountain - chains , which give rise to several rivers of great magnitude and most fertilizing influence . Atlas , along its northern border ...
Pàgina 16
... plains which intervene between the mountains and the ocean . But the largest of the African rivers , directing their course through a vast extent of low land , reach the sea only by a very circuitous course . Se- veral of them , too ...
... plains which intervene between the mountains and the ocean . But the largest of the African rivers , directing their course through a vast extent of low land , reach the sea only by a very circuitous course . Se- veral of them , too ...
Pàgina 17
... plains which are inundated by the great rivers , it multiplies at an extraordinary rate , and often assumes huge and repulsive forms . Throughout all this continent the wild tribes exist in large and formidable numbers , and there is ...
... plains which are inundated by the great rivers , it multiplies at an extraordinary rate , and often assumes huge and repulsive forms . Throughout all this continent the wild tribes exist in large and formidable numbers , and there is ...
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