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
... Lake Tchad - The Yeou - Kouka - Visit to the Sheik - The Sultan - Descrip- tion of Bornou - Denham's Excursion to Mandara - Great Range of Mountains - Disastrous Expedition - War against the Mungas - Ex- cursion to Loggun - Expedition ...
... Lake Tchad - The Yeou - Kouka - Visit to the Sheik - The Sultan - Descrip- tion of Bornou - Denham's Excursion to Mandara - Great Range of Mountains - Disastrous Expedition - War against the Mungas - Ex- cursion to Loggun - Expedition ...
Pàgina ix
... Lakes - Desert of Bilma - Sultan of Fezzan and a Slave - On what Formation does the Sand of the Desert rest ? -Description of a Trona or Natron Lake - Fulgurite and native Meteoric Iron in the Desert - Observations on the Sand of the ...
... Lakes - Desert of Bilma - Sultan of Fezzan and a Slave - On what Formation does the Sand of the Desert rest ? -Description of a Trona or Natron Lake - Fulgurite and native Meteoric Iron in the Desert - Observations on the Sand of the ...
Pàgina x
... Lakes - South African Springs - Remarks on the Importance of a Knowledge of the Natural History and Chemical Composition of Springs - Geology of Caffraria , Natal , & c . - Conclusion .. CHAPTER XVIII . NATURAL HISTORY OF THE QUADRUPEDS ...
... Lakes - South African Springs - Remarks on the Importance of a Knowledge of the Natural History and Chemical Composition of Springs - Geology of Caffraria , Natal , & c . - Conclusion .. CHAPTER XVIII . NATURAL HISTORY OF THE QUADRUPEDS ...
Pàgina 16
... lakes or marshes , expire in the very heart of the continent . The result is , that the enormous breadth of the Sahara , or Great Desert , is scarcely irrigated even by a streamlet . It depends entirely on the periodical rains ; and ...
... lakes or marshes , expire in the very heart of the continent . The result is , that the enormous breadth of the Sahara , or Great Desert , is scarcely irrigated even by a streamlet . It depends entirely on the periodical rains ; and ...
Pàgina 25
... lake of Tritonis ; the scene of the reported birth and oracle of Minerva , with which were connected many celebrated fables of ancient mythology . It C 1 is with reluctance that reference is here made to what ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA .
... lake of Tritonis ; the scene of the reported birth and oracle of Minerva , with which were connected many celebrated fables of ancient mythology . It C 1 is with reluctance that reference is here made to what ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA .
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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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