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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... never did or could take place . To these last it appears impossible that ancient mariners , with their slender resources , creeping in little row - galleys along the coast , steering without the aid of the compass , and unable to ...
... never did or could take place . To these last it appears impossible that ancient mariners , with their slender resources , creeping in little row - galleys along the coast , steering without the aid of the compass , and unable to ...
Pàgina 45
... never received the like ; and his majesty , instead of being incensed , began to extend to him some measure of bounty . Ibn Batuta , however , was disgusted by the abject homage paid to this monarch , as it still is to the native ...
... never received the like ; and his majesty , instead of being incensed , began to extend to him some measure of bounty . Ibn Batuta , however , was disgusted by the abject homage paid to this monarch , as it still is to the native ...
Pàgina 49
... never failed to put the question to all the wanderers of the desert , and to every caravan that came from the interior ; but in vain - the name of Prester John had never been heard . The Portu- guese then besought the natives , at all ...
... never failed to put the question to all the wanderers of the desert , and to every caravan that came from the interior ; but in vain - the name of Prester John had never been heard . The Portu- guese then besought the natives , at all ...
Pàgina 50
... never fully investigated ; but the king learned the event with deep regret , and even , in consequence , gave up his design of building a fort on the Senegal . He made , however , no pause in his indefatigable efforts to trace the abode ...
... never fully investigated ; but the king learned the event with deep regret , and even , in consequence , gave up his design of building a fort on the Senegal . He made , however , no pause in his indefatigable efforts to trace the abode ...
Pàgina 57
... never died ; but when tired of his sway on earth , he nominated his successor and killed himself , -a step doubt- less prompted by the zeal of his followers , when they saw any danger of his reputation for immortality being compro ...
... never died ; but when tired of his sway on earth , he nominated his successor and killed himself , -a step doubt- less prompted by the zeal of his followers , when they saw any danger of his reputation for immortality being compro ...
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