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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... nearly in the centre of the earth , and obstructing the great highway across the ocean . Her coasts form the chief barrier to a direct mari- time intercourse between the distant extremities of the globe . To perform the vast circuit of ...
... nearly in the centre of the earth , and obstructing the great highway across the ocean . Her coasts form the chief barrier to a direct mari- time intercourse between the distant extremities of the globe . To perform the vast circuit of ...
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... nearly comprised within the circuit of the Mediterra- nean shores , Northern Africa held in their view no incon- siderable importance . This region , which is now covered with thick darkness , and left so far behind in all the arts and ...
... nearly comprised within the circuit of the Mediterra- nean shores , Northern Africa held in their view no incon- siderable importance . This region , which is now covered with thick darkness , and left so far behind in all the arts and ...
Pàgina 36
... nearly 3000 ; and yet each theory is sup- ported by profound and able arguments . In such a case who shall decide ? I really have made some attempts to do so , without being able to come to so clear a decision as would justify me in ...
... nearly 3000 ; and yet each theory is sup- ported by profound and able arguments . In such a case who shall decide ? I really have made some attempts to do so , without being able to come to so clear a decision as would justify me in ...
Pàgina 54
... nearly similar . The people gave them the most cordial reception , flocked in crowds to witness and to share in the pomp of their ceremonies , accepted with thankful- ness their sacred gifts , and received by thousands the rite of ...
... nearly similar . The people gave them the most cordial reception , flocked in crowds to witness and to share in the pomp of their ceremonies , accepted with thankful- ness their sacred gifts , and received by thousands the rite of ...
Pàgina 59
... nearly two thousand pounds sterling . In the month of December he entered the river ; and proceeding as high as Kassan , a fortified town , where he left most of his crew , he pushed on in boats . The Portuguese , who were still ...
... nearly two thousand pounds sterling . In the month of December he entered the river ; and proceeding as high as Kassan , a fortified town , where he left most of his crew , he pushed on in boats . The Portuguese , who were still ...
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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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