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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... these 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 , ...
... these 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 , ...
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... nature . In the Northern Seas , they suffered from that dreadful extremity of cold to which high latitudes are ... Natural History the reader is indebted to Mr. James Wilson , author of " Illustrations of Zoology , " and the ...
... nature . In the Northern Seas , they suffered from that dreadful extremity of cold to which high latitudes are ... Natural History the reader is indebted to Mr. James Wilson , author of " Illustrations of Zoology , " and the ...
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... Natural History and Chemical Composition of Springs - Geology of Caffraria , Natal , & c . Conclusion . 244 CHAPTER XVIII . NATURAL HISTORY OF THE QUADRUPEDS OF AFRICA . Introductory Observations - Orang - outang - Monkeys - Raboons ...
... Natural History and Chemical Composition of Springs - Geology of Caffraria , Natal , & c . Conclusion . 244 CHAPTER XVIII . NATURAL HISTORY OF THE QUADRUPEDS OF AFRICA . Introductory Observations - Orang - outang - Monkeys - Raboons ...
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... Natural Features of Africa . BEFORE following the career of adventure and discovery in Africa , and viewing its ... nature . Though immense , and abounding even with the most striking and surprising contrasts , yet , on a general ...
... Natural Features of Africa . BEFORE following the career of adventure and discovery in Africa , and viewing its ... nature . Though immense , and abounding even with the most striking and surprising contrasts , yet , on a general ...
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... nature , and covering her with barrenness and deso- lation . Sometimes it converts the soil into a naked desert , sometimes overspreads it with a noxious excess of animal and vegetable life . The soil , when not watered by copious rains ...
... nature , and covering her with barrenness and deso- lation . Sometimes it converts the soil into a naked desert , sometimes overspreads it with a noxious excess of animal and vegetable life . The soil , when not watered by copious rains ...
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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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