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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... living things . Standing erect , without a tail , with flat face , and arms of not greatly disproportioned length , it displays in every particular a deformed resemblance to the lord of the creation . It seems even to make a nearer ap ...
... living things . Standing erect , without a tail , with flat face , and arms of not greatly disproportioned length , it displays in every particular a deformed resemblance to the lord of the creation . It seems even to make a nearer ap ...
Pàgina 35
... living in caves , and repelling every friendly overture . Proceeding three days along a desert coast , the navigators reached an island , which they named Cerne , situated in a recess of the sea , where they established their last ...
... living in caves , and repelling every friendly overture . Proceeding three days along a desert coast , the navigators reached an island , which they named Cerne , situated in a recess of the sea , where they established their last ...
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... living trophies of his discovery . The king was highly gratified , and held many conversations with the Congo princes , whom he loaded with honours , and caused to be conveyed back at the appointed period to the shores of the Zaire . On ...
... living trophies of his discovery . The king was highly gratified , and held many conversations with the Congo princes , whom he loaded with honours , and caused to be conveyed back at the appointed period to the shores of the Zaire . On ...
Pàgina 118
... living booty thus unexpectedly presented . This dispute ended in a division of the sailors among the barbarians , by whom the captives were hurried in different directions into the interior of the wilderness . The sufferings of Riley ...
... living booty thus unexpectedly presented . This dispute ended in a division of the sailors among the barbarians , by whom the captives were hurried in different directions into the interior of the wilderness . The sufferings of Riley ...
Pàgina 132
... living thing , even a bird or an insect , that did not belong to the caravan itself . After painful marches under the direct action of the solar rays , they were delighted by the stillness and beauty of the night . The moon and stars ...
... living thing , even a bird or an insect , that did not belong to the caravan itself . After painful marches under the direct action of the solar rays , they were delighted by the stillness and beauty of the night . The moon and stars ...
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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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