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 33
... mentioned as occupy- ing the district southward of Cyrene . Five young men of distinction formed themselves into an African association , personally to explore what was still unknown in the vast interior of this continent . They passed ...
... mentioned as occupy- ing the district southward of Cyrene . Five young men of distinction formed themselves into an African association , personally to explore what was still unknown in the vast interior of this continent . They passed ...
Pàgina 41
... Mention is made of the fine cotton cloths which still form the staple manufacture . Tocrur appears evidently to be Sackatoo or Soccatoo , now the capital of an empire which comprehends Ghana and all the neigh- bouring countries . Indeed ...
... Mention is made of the fine cotton cloths which still form the staple manufacture . Tocrur appears evidently to be Sackatoo or Soccatoo , now the capital of an empire which comprehends Ghana and all the neigh- bouring countries . Indeed ...
Pàgina 43
... mention the island of Ulil , whence were brought great quantities of salt , an article which is in constant demand throughout Soudan . Ulil , though called an island , was probably Walet , the great interior market for that mineral ...
... mention the island of Ulil , whence were brought great quantities of salt , an article which is in constant demand throughout Soudan . Ulil , though called an island , was probably Walet , the great interior market for that mineral ...
Pàgina 46
... mention , had now risen to be the most powerful of the interior kingdoms , and the great centre of commerce and ... mentioned for the first time , -Casena or Cassina ( Kashna ) , Zegzeg , Zanfara , and Guber . Gago , represented as ...
... mention , had now risen to be the most powerful of the interior kingdoms , and the great centre of commerce and ... mentioned for the first time , -Casena or Cassina ( Kashna ) , Zegzeg , Zanfara , and Guber . Gago , represented as ...
Pàgina 63
... mention of those human sacrifices which form so foul a blot on some of the most civilized African nations . At all festivals a conspicuous place was acted by a personage called Horey , which name our author interprets " the Devil ...
... mention of those human sacrifices which form so foul a blot on some of the most civilized African nations . At all festivals a conspicuous place was acted by a personage called Horey , which name our author interprets " the Devil ...
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