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 vii
... sent by Necho - Journey of the Nasamones - Voyage of Sataspes - of Hanno Voyages of Eudoxus - Periplus of the Erythrean Sea CHAPTER III . SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS . 22 Their Influence on this Continent - Migration into Central Africa ...
... sent by Necho - Journey of the Nasamones - Voyage of Sataspes - of Hanno Voyages of Eudoxus - Periplus of the Erythrean Sea CHAPTER III . SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS . 22 Their Influence on this Continent - Migration into Central Africa ...
Pàgina viii
... sent out - Departure - Overtaken by the Rainy Season - Great Sickness and Distress - Embarks on the Niger- Negotiations with the King of Bambarra - Obtains Permission to build a Vessel - Sansanding - Sets sail - Accounts of his Death ...
... sent out - Departure - Overtaken by the Rainy Season - Great Sickness and Distress - Embarks on the Niger- Negotiations with the King of Bambarra - Obtains Permission to build a Vessel - Sansanding - Sets sail - Accounts of his Death ...
Pàgina 21
... sent her as pervaded by one deep monotonous gloom . Throughout the picture there are bright lights interspersed , which shine more conspicuously from the vast blanks and deep shadows with which they are surrounded . In the heart of the ...
... sent her as pervaded by one deep monotonous gloom . Throughout the picture there are bright lights interspersed , which shine more conspicuously from the vast blanks and deep shadows with which they are surrounded . In the heart of the ...
Pàgina 29
... sent thither a colony , who soon elevated it to its former rank as the greatest city of Africa . Another territory , of which the ancients had considerable knowledge , was that which extended upwards along the Nile , the immediate ...
... sent thither a colony , who soon elevated it to its former rank as the greatest city of Africa . Another territory , of which the ancients had considerable knowledge , was that which extended upwards along the Nile , the immediate ...
Pàgina 34
... sent out , about 570 years before the Christian era , for the joint pur- poses of colonization and discovery , under an admiral named Hanno . He carried with him , in sixty large vessels , emigrants of both sexes to the number of thirty ...
... sent out , about 570 years before the Christian era , for the joint pur- poses of colonization and discovery , under an admiral named Hanno . He carried with him , in sixty large vessels , emigrants of both sexes to the number of thirty ...
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