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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... whole territory is situated within the tropics . The other portions of the earth's surface which lie directly beneath the solar influence consist generally either of sea , or of narrow and insular lands , refreshed by breezes from the ...
... whole territory is situated within the tropics . The other portions of the earth's surface which lie directly beneath the solar influence consist generally either of sea , or of narrow and insular lands , refreshed by breezes from the ...
Pàgina 17
... whole forests of which rise amid the sand , distilling those rich gums that afford an important material of African commerce . The lotus , a celebrated and classical shrub , the tamarisk , and other small and elegant trees , afford ...
... whole forests of which rise amid the sand , distilling those rich gums that afford an important material of African commerce . The lotus , a celebrated and classical shrub , the tamarisk , and other small and elegant trees , afford ...
Pàgina 19
... whole provinces were overrun by them , and that one , after disputing the passage of a river with a Roman army , was destroyed only by the use of a battering engine . Emerging from these dank regions , where the earth , un- der the ...
... whole provinces were overrun by them , and that one , after disputing the passage of a river with a Roman army , was destroyed only by the use of a battering engine . Emerging from these dank regions , where the earth , un- der the ...
Pàgina 20
... Whole provinces , which at at their entrance are covered with rich harvests and brilliant verdure , are left without a leaf or a blade . Even when destroyed by famine or tempest , they cover immense tracts , exhaling the most noxious ...
... Whole provinces , which at at their entrance are covered with rich harvests and brilliant verdure , are left without a leaf or a blade . Even when destroyed by famine or tempest , they cover immense tracts , exhaling the most noxious ...
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... whole of the known world , was obliged , in the ab- sence of written records , to have recourse to travelling ; and his narrative is almost entirely the record of what he saw and heard during his various peregrinations . By means of a ...
... whole of the known world , was obliged , in the ab- sence of written records , to have recourse to travelling ; and his narrative is almost entirely the record of what he saw and heard during his various peregrinations . By means of a ...
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