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 v
... tion of that extensive continent at the present day . This quarter of the globe has afforded more ample scope than any other to the exertions of that class of men whose enterprising spirit impels them , regard- less of toil and peril ...
... tion of that extensive continent at the present day . This quarter of the globe has afforded more ample scope than any other to the exertions of that class of men whose enterprising spirit impels them , regard- less of toil and peril ...
Pàgina viii
... tion of Bornou - Denham's Excursion to Mandara - Great Range of Mountains - Disastrous Expedition - War against the Mungas - Ex- cursion to Loggun - Expedition against the La Salas - Biddoomahs- Clapperton's Journey into Houssa ...
... tion of Bornou - Denham's Excursion to Mandara - Great Range of Mountains - Disastrous Expedition - War against the Mungas - Ex- cursion to Loggun - Expedition against the La Salas - Biddoomahs- Clapperton's Journey into Houssa ...
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... to exist , great facilities would be afforded to the communica- tion between the other continents , and many new chan- nels of commerce would be opened up . As she , however has an existence likely to be coeval with theirs ,
... to exist , great facilities would be afforded to the communica- tion between the other continents , and many new chan- nels of commerce would be opened up . As she , however has an existence likely to be coeval with theirs ,
Pàgina 14
... tion of its most intense and perpendicular rays . The high- est blessings of this sublunary world , when carried beyond a certain limit , become its deadliest bane . That parent orb , which cheers and illumines the rest of the earth ...
... tion of its most intense and perpendicular rays . The high- est blessings of this sublunary world , when carried beyond a certain limit , become its deadliest bane . That parent orb , which cheers and illumines the rest of the earth ...
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... tion , tyranny , anarchy , and the opposing interests of num- berless petty states , maintain a constant and destructive warfare in this suffering portion of the earth . Nevertheless , compelled as we have thus been to describo the ills ...
... tion , tyranny , anarchy , and the opposing interests of num- berless petty states , maintain a constant and destructive warfare in this suffering portion of the earth . Nevertheless , compelled as we have thus been to describo the ills ...
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