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 |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 5 de 59.
Pàgina vii
... ANCIENTS . Page 13 Northern Africa well known - Obstacles opposed by the Desert - De- scription given by Herodotus - by Diodorus - by Strabo - Ancient Ac counts of the Nile - of Ethiopia - of Abyssinia - Expedition sent by Necho ...
... ANCIENTS . Page 13 Northern Africa well known - Obstacles opposed by the Desert - De- scription given by Herodotus - by Diodorus - by Strabo - Ancient Ac counts of the Nile - of Ethiopia - of Abyssinia - Expedition sent by Necho ...
Pàgina 15
... ancient ocean . is not the place to enter into a speculation on the formation of the carth . That every part of its surface lay once be- neath the waters is sufficiently apparent ; but there is at least no historical proof that Africa ...
... ancient ocean . is not the place to enter into a speculation on the formation of the carth . That every part of its surface lay once be- neath the waters is sufficiently apparent ; but there is at least no historical proof that Africa ...
Pàgina 18
... ancient of the number , having a social and almost moral existence . He attacks neither man nor beast . The human being is more frequently the aggressor , not only with the view of protecting the fruits of the carth , but also in order ...
... ancient of the number , having a social and almost moral existence . He attacks neither man nor beast . The human being is more frequently the aggressor , not only with the view of protecting the fruits of the carth , but also in order ...
Pàgina 19
... ancient history records that 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 ...
... ancient history records that 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 ...
Pàgina 22
... ancient world . In the patriarchal ages , when Scripture history represents the Mesopotamian Plain , the scene of the future empires of Babylon and As- syria , as little more than a wide and open common , Egypt appears regularly ...
... ancient world . In the patriarchal ages , when Scripture history represents the Mesopotamian Plain , the scene of the future empires of Babylon and As- syria , as little more than a wide and open common , Egypt appears regularly ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
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 - 1846 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1832 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
amid ancient animals appeared Arabs arrived Bambarra banks Barca Gana beautiful Benin bird Boo Khalloom borders Bornou Caillié called camels Cape Captain caravan chief Clapperton coast colour continent covered Desert Devil's Peak district earth Egypt elephants English Europe European expedition extending feet Fellatas female Fezzan frequently Gambia genus gneiss gold granite greywacke ground head Herodotus hills Hope horse Houssa immense inhabitants interior island journey Kano king kingdom lake land Lattakoo length limestone Major Denham miles Morocco mountains Mourzouk native nature nearly negro Niger Nubia observed occur ocean Park party passed peculiar plain Portuguese present Prester John prince quartz race reached regions remarkable river rocks route salt sand sandstone savage scarcely seen Senegal sent sheik shores Sierra Leone slaves soon Southern Africa species sultan Timbuctoo tion town traveller trees tribe Tripoli trona Tuaricks village voyage whole wild