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 27
... reached him respected a nation beyond the Pillars of Her- cules , with whom the Carthaginians carried on trade in a very peculiar manner . This wild and timid race would not approach or hold parley with the strangers , who , on drawing ...
... reached him respected a nation beyond the Pillars of Her- cules , with whom the Carthaginians carried on trade in a very peculiar manner . This wild and timid race would not approach or hold parley with the strangers , who , on drawing ...
Pàgina 29
... reaching the sea , necessarily spread over the land ; but Diodorus clearly shows , besides the rea- son being itself insufficient , that there was no correspond- ence in the periods ; observing also , that the Etesian winds blew up many ...
... reaching the sea , necessarily spread over the land ; but Diodorus clearly shows , besides the rea- son being itself insufficient , that there was no correspond- ence in the periods ; observing also , that the Etesian winds blew up many ...
Pàgina 33
... reached the immeasurable sandy waste . Having laid in a good stock of water and provi- sions , they travelled many days partly in a western direc- tion , and attained at length one of the oases or verdant islands which bespangle the ...
... reached the immeasurable sandy waste . Having laid in a good stock of water and provi- sions , they travelled many days partly in a western direc- tion , and attained at length one of the oases or verdant islands which bespangle the ...
Pàgina 35
... reached an island , which they named Cerne , situated in a recess of the sea , where they established their last colony . Sailing onward still for a number of days , they saw a large river full of crocodiles and hippopotami , and ...
... reached an island , which they named Cerne , situated in a recess of the sea , where they established their last colony . Sailing onward still for a number of days , they saw a large river full of crocodiles and hippopotami , and ...
Pàgina 39
... reached Cape Aromata ( Guardafui ) , which forms the termination of the Red Sea and the entrance into the Indian Ocean . The coast of Africa , in this latitude , afforded ivory in abun- dance , rhinoceros ' horns , and tortoise - shell ...
... reached Cape Aromata ( Guardafui ) , which forms the termination of the Red Sea and the entrance into the Indian Ocean . The coast of Africa , in this latitude , afforded ivory in abun- dance , rhinoceros ' horns , and tortoise - shell ...
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