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 v
... observations of those travellers who , from the earliest ages , and in various direc- tions , have sought to explore Africa ; and also to give a general view of the physical and social condi- tion of that extensive continent at the ...
... observations of those travellers who , from the earliest ages , and in various direc- tions , have sought to explore Africa ; and also to give a general view of the physical and social condi- tion of that extensive continent at the ...
Pàgina vii
... Observations - Its Situation on the Globe - Extensive De- serts - Mountains and Rivers - Vegetable Life - Animal Life - Social Aspect - Striking Contrasts which it presents CHAPTER II . KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA AMONG THE ANCIENTS . Page 13 ...
... Observations - Its Situation on the Globe - Extensive De- serts - Mountains and Rivers - Vegetable Life - Animal Life - Social Aspect - Striking Contrasts which it presents CHAPTER II . KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA AMONG THE ANCIENTS . Page 13 ...
Pàgina ix
... Observations on the Sand of the Desert - Moving Pillars of Sand - Sand - wind - How the prevailing Winds affect the Sand of the Desert - What is the Geognostical Age of the Sahara ? -3 . Geology of the Region to the South of the Sahara ...
... Observations on the Sand of the Desert - Moving Pillars of Sand - Sand - wind - How the prevailing Winds affect the Sand of the Desert - What is the Geognostical Age of the Sahara ? -3 . Geology of the Region to the South of the Sahara ...
Pàgina x
... Observations - Orang - outang-- Monkeys - Baboons - Le- murs - Galagos - Bats - Shrew - mice - Cape Mole- Tenrec - Ratel - Otter -- Jackals and Wild Dogs - Civets - Lion - Panther and Leopard -Lynxes - Squirrels - Marmots - Sand Mole ...
... Observations - Orang - outang-- Monkeys - Baboons - Le- murs - Galagos - Bats - Shrew - mice - Cape Mole- Tenrec - Ratel - Otter -- Jackals and Wild Dogs - Civets - Lion - Panther and Leopard -Lynxes - Squirrels - Marmots - Sand Mole ...
Pàgina 32
... observe , continued to grope in doubt and darkness respecting the form of Africa , which was only fully established several thousand years afterward by the expedition of Gama . On the other side , Major Rennel urges , that , immense as ...
... observe , continued to grope in doubt and darkness respecting the form of Africa , which was only fully established several thousand years afterward by the expedition of Gama . On the other side , Major Rennel urges , that , immense as ...
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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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