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 viii
... King of Bambarra - Obtains Permission to build a Vessel - Sansanding - Sets sail - Accounts of his Death ........ 100 CHAPTER X. VARIOUS TRAVELLERS . Horneman - Nicholls - Roentgen - Adams - Riley CHAPTER XI . GOVERNMENT EXPEDITIONS ...
... King of Bambarra - Obtains Permission to build a Vessel - Sansanding - Sets sail - Accounts of his Death ........ 100 CHAPTER X. VARIOUS TRAVELLERS . Horneman - Nicholls - Roentgen - Adams - Riley CHAPTER XI . GOVERNMENT EXPEDITIONS ...
Pàgina 17
... king of the desert , that mightiest among the tribes which have the wilderness for their abode , abounds in Africa , and causes all her forests to re - echo his midnight * In the present chapter we allude only to a few of the more ...
... king of the desert , that mightiest among the tribes which have the wilderness for their abode , abounds in Africa , and causes all her forests to re - echo his midnight * In the present chapter we allude only to a few of the more ...
Pàgina 18
... king of the lower creation ; matchless in bulk and strength , yet tranquil , majestic , peaceful , led in troops under the guidance of the most ancient of the number , having a social and almost moral existence . He attacks neither man ...
... king of the lower creation ; matchless in bulk and strength , yet tranquil , majestic , peaceful , led in troops under the guidance of the most ancient of the number , having a social and almost moral existence . He attacks neither man ...
Pàgina 21
... king and queen . This latter person- age , when she is about to add to the numbers of the tribe , presents a most extraordinary spectacle , being then swelled to many times the amount of her natural dimensions ; and when the critical ...
... king and queen . This latter person- age , when she is about to add to the numbers of the tribe , presents a most extraordinary spectacle , being then swelled to many times the amount of her natural dimensions ; and when the critical ...
Pàgina 30
... king lost a leg or an arm , each of his courtiers presently severed from himself the same Irember . The priests , however , whose influence in this realm of superstition was always paramount , appear at one time to have become quite ...
... king lost a leg or an arm , each of his courtiers presently severed from himself the same Irember . The priests , however , whose influence in this realm of superstition was always paramount , appear at one time to have become quite ...
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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 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1832 |
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