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 vi
... coast , which from the earliest ages have been well known to the nations of Europe . - Egypt , again , from its high an- tiquity , its stupendous monuments , and the memora- ble revolutions through which it has passed , pre- sented ...
... coast , which from the earliest ages have been well known to the nations of Europe . - Egypt , again , from its high an- tiquity , its stupendous monuments , and the memora- ble revolutions through which it has passed , pre- sented ...
Pàgina vii
... Coast - The Senegal Prince Bemoy - Discovery of the Congo - Numerous Mis- sionaries sent out - Superstitions of the Natives .. CHAPTER V. EARLY ENGLISH DISCOVERIES . 47 Decline of Portuguese maritime Power - Company formed in England to ...
... Coast - The Senegal Prince Bemoy - Discovery of the Congo - Numerous Mis- sionaries sent out - Superstitions of the Natives .. CHAPTER V. EARLY ENGLISH DISCOVERIES . 47 Decline of Portuguese maritime Power - Company formed in England to ...
Pàgina ix
... Coast - Dahomey ; Norris and M'Leod - Foota Jallo ; Watt and Winterbottom - Ashantee ; Embassies of Bowdich and Dupuis ; War - Adams ' Account of Benin and Waree ....... 197 CHAPTER XV . SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA . The Cape ...
... Coast - Dahomey ; Norris and M'Leod - Foota Jallo ; Watt and Winterbottom - Ashantee ; Embassies of Bowdich and Dupuis ; War - Adams ' Account of Benin and Waree ....... 197 CHAPTER XV . SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA . The Cape ...
Pàgina 15
... coast . In general , all regions between the tropics , when not copiously watered , moulder into sand , al- ternating with a hard and impenetrable stratum of clay . The central wastes of Asia , those of Arabia and of Sindetic Hindostan ...
... coast . In general , all regions between the tropics , when not copiously watered , moulder into sand , al- ternating with a hard and impenetrable stratum of clay . The central wastes of Asia , those of Arabia and of Sindetic Hindostan ...
Pàgina 22
... coast forms , indeed , only a comparatively small portion of that great continent ; but while the sphere of civilization and the geographical knowledge of the Greeks were nearly comprised within the circuit of the Mediterra- nean shores ...
... coast forms , indeed , only a comparatively small portion of that great continent ; but while the sphere of civilization and the geographical knowledge of the Greeks were nearly comprised within the circuit of the Mediterra- nean shores ...
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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 |
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