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 47
... remained sunk in profound apathy respecting all objects relating to science , discovery , and distant commerce . The splendour of the Crescent for a short interval outshone all that was brightest in the Christian world ; and the courts ...
... remained sunk in profound apathy respecting all objects relating to science , discovery , and distant commerce . The splendour of the Crescent for a short interval outshone all that was brightest in the Christian world ; and the courts ...
Pàgina 53
... remained attached to the Portuguese . The old king dying soon after , the zealous convert became entitled to reign ; but his brother , Panso Aquitimo , supported by the nobles and almost the whole nation , raised the standard of ...
... remained attached to the Portuguese . The old king dying soon after , the zealous convert became entitled to reign ; but his brother , Panso Aquitimo , supported by the nobles and almost the whole nation , raised the standard of ...
Pàgina 59
... had fled before his arrival , while the few who remained professed , in respect to Hector Nunez and the massacre of the English crew , an ignorance , and even a horror , for which he gave them EARLY ENGLISH DISCOVERIES . 69.
... had fled before his arrival , while the few who remained professed , in respect to Hector Nunez and the massacre of the English crew , an ignorance , and even a horror , for which he gave them EARLY ENGLISH DISCOVERIES . 69.
Pàgina 77
... remained an unseemly blank in the map of the earth . Such a circumstance was felt as dis- creditable to a great maritime and commercial nation , as well as to the sciences upon which the extension of geogra phical knowledge depends . To ...
... remained an unseemly blank in the map of the earth . Such a circumstance was felt as dis- creditable to a great maritime and commercial nation , as well as to the sciences upon which the extension of geogra phical knowledge depends . To ...
Pàgina 85
... remained , therefore , no alternative but to go by way of the Moorish kingdom of Ludamar , a perilous and fatal route , in which Major Houghton had already perished . Mr. Park , however , hoped , by proceeding along the southern ...
... remained , therefore , no alternative but to go by way of the Moorish kingdom of Ludamar , a perilous and fatal route , in which Major Houghton had already perished . Mr. Park , however , hoped , by proceeding along the southern ...
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