Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: with Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and ZoologyHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 359 pàgines |
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Pàgina ix
... Fezzan and a Slave - On what Formation does the Sand of the Desert rest ? -Description of a Trona or Natron Lake - Fulgurite and native Meteoric Iron in the Desert - Observations on the Sand of the Desert - Moving Pillars of Sand - Sand ...
... Fezzan and a Slave - On what Formation does the Sand of the Desert rest ? -Description of a Trona or Natron Lake - Fulgurite and native Meteoric Iron in the Desert - Observations on the Sand of the Desert - Moving Pillars of Sand - Sand ...
Pàgina 109
... Fezzan . The travellers soon passed the cultivated land of Egypt , and entered on an ex- panse of sandy waste , such as the bottom of the ocean might exhibit if the waters were to retire . This desert was covered with the fragments , as ...
... Fezzan . The travellers soon passed the cultivated land of Egypt , and entered on an ex- panse of sandy waste , such as the bottom of the ocean might exhibit if the waters were to retire . This desert was covered with the fragments , as ...
Pàgina 111
... Fezzan . Both at Temissa , the first frontier town , and at Zuila , the ancient capital , which is still inhabited by many rich merchants , they were received with rapturous demonstrations of joy . The arrival of a caravan is the chief ...
... Fezzan . Both at Temissa , the first frontier town , and at Zuila , the ancient capital , which is still inhabited by many rich merchants , they were received with rapturous demonstrations of joy . The arrival of a caravan is the chief ...
Pàgina 112
... Fezzan , according to Horneman , has a length of 300 and a breadth of 200 miles , and is much the largest of all the oases which enliven the immense desert of northern Africa . It relieves however , in only an imperfect degree , the ...
... Fezzan , according to Horneman , has a length of 300 and a breadth of 200 miles , and is much the largest of all the oases which enliven the immense desert of northern Africa . It relieves however , in only an imperfect degree , the ...
Pàgina 113
... Fezzan . He was informed , besides , that caravans from Bornou occasionally terminated their journey at Mourzouk , again returning south ; by which , at a future period and under more propi- tious circumstances , he hoped to have an ...
... Fezzan . He was informed , besides , that caravans from Bornou occasionally terminated their journey at Mourzouk , again returning south ; by which , at a future period and under more propi- tious circumstances , he hoped to have an ...
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Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1830 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1832 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ... Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1832 |
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