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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... opposite parts of the world frequently found their efforts checked , and their career arrested , by the operation of causes which , although equally powerful , were yet extremely different in their nature . In the Northern Seas , they.
... opposite parts of the world frequently found their efforts checked , and their career arrested , by the operation of causes which , although equally powerful , were yet extremely different in their nature . In the Northern Seas , they.
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... frequently the aggressor , not only with the view of protecting the fruits of the earth , but also in order to obtain the bony substance composing his tusks , which , under the name of ivory , forms one of the most valued articles of ...
... frequently the aggressor , not only with the view of protecting the fruits of the earth , but also in order to obtain the bony substance composing his tusks , which , under the name of ivory , forms one of the most valued articles of ...
Pàgina 34
... frequent and terrible ship wreck , it probably appeared to him that any ordinary form of death was preferable to the one which here menaced him . He returned , and presented himself before Xerxes , giving a doleful description of the ...
... frequent and terrible ship wreck , it probably appeared to him that any ordinary form of death was preferable to the one which here menaced him . He returned , and presented himself before Xerxes , giving a doleful description of the ...
Pàgina 35
... frequently occasioned in such countries by the practice of setting fire to the grass at the end of autumn . Next appeared an island in a bay , where they found a most singular race , bearing the human form , indeed , but covered with ...
... frequently occasioned in such countries by the practice of setting fire to the grass at the end of autumn . Next appeared an island in a bay , where they found a most singular race , bearing the human form , indeed , but covered with ...
Pàgina 59
... frequent occurrence on these hard and distant services ; but how it arose in this case , or who was to blame , was never dury investigated . The crew are said to have been unanimous in representing the conduct of their leader as ...
... frequent occurrence on these hard and distant services ; but how it arose in this case , or who was to blame , was never dury investigated . The crew are said to have been unanimous in representing the conduct of their leader as ...
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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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