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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... Races - Mohammedan Con- verts - European Colonization - Cape of Good Hope - Albany District Sierra Leone 227 CHAPTER XVII . GEOLOGY OF AFRICA . Form and Situation of Africa - Its great Natural Regions or Divisions.- 1. Geology of the ...
... Races - Mohammedan Con- verts - European Colonization - Cape of Good Hope - Albany District Sierra Leone 227 CHAPTER XVII . GEOLOGY OF AFRICA . Form and Situation of Africa - Its great Natural Regions or Divisions.- 1. Geology of the ...
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... race of amphi bious animals of monstrous form and size display their un- wieldy figures . The rhinoceros , though not strictly amphi bious , slowly traverses marshes and swampy grounds , and almost equals the elephant in strength and ...
... race of amphi bious animals of monstrous form and size display their un- wieldy figures . The rhinoceros , though not strictly amphi bious , slowly traverses marshes and swampy grounds , and almost equals the elephant in strength and ...
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... race , which in our climate is generally harm- less , presents here many singular and even formidable cha ... races are the termites , or white ants , which display on a greater scale the arts and social organization for which their ...
... race , which in our climate is generally harm- less , presents here many singular and even formidable cha ... races are the termites , or white ants , which display on a greater scale the arts and social organization for which their ...
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... race . Farther to the south , the soil no longer afforded food even to these wild tenants ; there was not the trunk of a tree nor a drop of water ; total silence and desolation reigned . Such is the general picture which Herodotus draws ...
... race . Farther to the south , the soil no longer afforded food even to these wild tenants ; there was not the trunk of a tree nor a drop of water ; total silence and desolation reigned . Such is the general picture which Herodotus draws ...
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... race would not approach or hold parley with the strangers , who , on drawing near to the shore , kindled a fire , uttered loud cries , and laid on the sand a certain quantity of goods . The na- tives , hearing them , and seeing the ...
... race would not approach or hold parley with the strangers , who , on drawing near to the shore , kindled a fire , uttered loud cries , and laid on the sand a certain quantity of goods . The na- tives , hearing them , and seeing the ...
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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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