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 13
... shores , and to round her stormy capes , has tried the courage and hardi- hood of the greatest navigators . Could Africa cease to exist , great facilities would be afforded to the communica- tion between the other continents , and many ...
... shores , and to round her stormy capes , has tried the courage and hardi- hood of the greatest navigators . Could Africa cease to exist , great facilities would be afforded to the communica- tion between the other continents , and many ...
Pàgina 22
... shores , Northern Africa held in their view no incon- siderable importance . This region , which is now covered with thick darkness , and left so far behind in all the arts and attainments which exalt and adorn human nature , had at ...
... shores , Northern Africa held in their view no incon- siderable importance . This region , which is now covered with thick darkness , and left so far behind in all the arts and attainments which exalt and adorn human nature , had at ...
Pàgina 27
... shore , kindled a fire , uttered loud cries , and laid on the sand a certain quantity of goods . The na- tives , hearing them , and seeing the smoke , came down , sur- veyed the deposite , placed beside it a certain portion of gold ...
... shore , kindled a fire , uttered loud cries , and laid on the sand a certain quantity of goods . The na- tives , hearing them , and seeing the smoke , came down , sur- veyed the deposite , placed beside it a certain portion of gold ...
Pàgina 30
... the native inha- bitants of these shores as existing in a state of the most extreme barbarity and wretchedness . They are classed by Diodorus and Strabo , according to the miserable food on 30 ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA .
... the native inha- bitants of these shores as existing in a state of the most extreme barbarity and wretchedness . They are classed by Diodorus and Strabo , according to the miserable food on 30 ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA .
Pàgina 31
... shore , but extended a very short distance inland ; being bounded on each side by two unknown coasts , which stretched so far that it was not possible to conjecture their termination . Two tempestuous oceans , a desert the most dreary ...
... shore , but extended a very short distance inland ; being bounded on each side by two unknown coasts , which stretched so far that it was not possible to conjecture their termination . Two tempestuous oceans , a desert the most dreary ...
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