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 ix
... SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA . ...... 197 The Cape - Settlement of the Dutch - Kolben - Hope , Sparrman , Le Vail- lant Barrow ; Caffres ; Bosjesmans - Trutter and Sommerville - Dr . Cowan and his Party - Their Assassination ...
... SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA . ...... 197 The Cape - Settlement of the Dutch - Kolben - Hope , Sparrman , Le Vail- lant Barrow ; Caffres ; Bosjesmans - Trutter and Sommerville - Dr . Cowan and his Party - Their Assassination ...
Pàgina 32
... southern coast of Africa , they were surprised by observing the sun on their right hand , - —a statement which the historian himself rejects as impossible . Such is all the account transmitted to us of this extraordinary voyage , which ...
... southern coast of Africa , they were surprised by observing the sun on their right hand , - —a statement which the historian himself rejects as impossible . Such is all the account transmitted to us of this extraordinary voyage , which ...
Pàgina 42
... southern part of Soudan is called Oongoroo , or Ungura ; but it no longer furnishes gold ; nor is Ghana , at the present day , the market for that valuable staple of Central Africa . In the mountainous countries to the south- west this ...
... southern part of Soudan is called Oongoroo , or Ungura ; but it no longer furnishes gold ; nor is Ghana , at the present day , the market for that valuable staple of Central Africa . In the mountainous countries to the south- west this ...
Pàgina 43
... Southern Arabia , who were then actively employed in commerce and navigation , had not only explored , but formed establishments at Mombaza , Melinda , Mozambique , and at all the leading points on that coast ; which were still found in ...
... Southern Arabia , who were then actively employed in commerce and navigation , had not only explored , but formed establishments at Mombaza , Melinda , Mozambique , and at all the leading points on that coast ; which were still found in ...
Pàgina 51
... southern bank , erected his first pillar , —an event considered so memorable , that the stream itself has often , by Portuguese writers , been termed the " River of the Pillar . " He ascended its borders , opened an inter- course with ...
... southern bank , erected his first pillar , —an event considered so memorable , that the stream itself has often , by Portuguese writers , been termed the " River of the Pillar . " He ascended its borders , opened an inter- course with ...
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