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 30
... received a wild and peculiar homage , in being attended to the tomb by a number of their wives , courtiers , and ser- vants , all eagerly canvassing for this honour , -a practice of savage life still extensively prevalent in pagan ...
... received a wild and peculiar homage , in being attended to the tomb by a number of their wives , courtiers , and ser- vants , all eagerly canvassing for this honour , -a practice of savage life still extensively prevalent in pagan ...
Pàgina 32
... received an account from the Egyptian priests . Proceeding down the Red Sea , they entered the Indian Ocean ; and in a voyage of three years made the complete circuit of the continent , passing through the Pillars of Her- cules ...
... received an account from the Egyptian priests . Proceeding down the Red Sea , they entered the Indian Ocean ; and in a voyage of three years made the complete circuit of the continent , passing through the Pillars of Her- cules ...
Pàgina 37
... overcame his reluc- tance to royal patronage . He sought the precarious aid of Bocchus , king of Mauritania , who received him well , and D ordered an expedition to be prepared ; but Eudoxus was ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA . 37.
... overcame his reluc- tance to royal patronage . He sought the precarious aid of Bocchus , king of Mauritania , who received him well , and D ordered an expedition to be prepared ; but Eudoxus was ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA . 37.
Pàgina 38
... received all their food by the nose . These are the wild exaggerations which , in a credulous age , a story undergoes in passing from one person to another . The descriptions of Strabo , collected from the best sources , with severe and ...
... received all their food by the nose . These are the wild exaggerations which , in a credulous age , a story undergoes in passing from one person to another . The descriptions of Strabo , collected from the best sources , with severe and ...
Pàgina 41
... received gold and ornaments . Mention is made of the fine cotton cloths which still form the staple manufacture . Tocrur appears evidently to be Sackatoo or Soccatoo , now the capital of an empire which comprehends Ghana and all the ...
... received gold and ornaments . Mention is made of the fine cotton cloths which still form the staple manufacture . Tocrur appears evidently to be Sackatoo or Soccatoo , now the capital of an empire which comprehends Ghana and all the ...
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