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 13
... earth , and obstructing the great highway across the ocean . Her coasts form the chief barrier to a direct mari- time intercourse between the distant extremities of the globe . To perform the vast circuit of her shores , and to round ...
... earth , and obstructing the great highway across the ocean . Her coasts form the chief barrier to a direct mari- time intercourse between the distant extremities of the globe . To perform the vast circuit of her shores , and to round ...
Pàgina 14
... 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 ocean . the greatest breadth of Africa is under the immediate power and ...
... 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 ocean . the greatest breadth of Africa is under the immediate power and ...
Pàgina 15
... earth . The ground is covered as with a deluge , and the dry beds of the rivulets are converted into torrents ; yet so intense are the sun's rays , that the moisture thus lavished upon the surface is quickly dried up . Great rivers ...
... earth . The ground is covered as with a deluge , and the dry beds of the rivulets are converted into torrents ; yet so intense are the sun's rays , that the moisture thus lavished upon the surface is quickly dried up . Great rivers ...
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... earth . Adanson assures us , that the circumference in some cases is equal to thirteen fathoms , as measured by his arms clasped round the trunk , that is , varying from seventy - four to seventy - seven feet . Branches extending ...
... earth . Adanson assures us , that the circumference in some cases is equal to thirteen fathoms , as measured by his arms clasped round the trunk , that is , varying from seventy - four to seventy - seven feet . Branches extending ...
Pàgina 19
... earth , un der the united influence of heat and moisture , teems with such a noxious superabundance of life , we approach the Desert . Here a change takes place equally singular and pleasing as in the vegetable world . Only light , airy ...
... earth , un der the united influence of heat and moisture , teems with such a noxious superabundance of life , we approach the Desert . Here a change takes place equally singular and pleasing as in the vegetable world . Only light , airy ...
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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 - 1846 |
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