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 viii
... Niger - Sego - Sansanding - Silla - Obliged to return - Various Misfortunes - Distressed State - Finds Relief at Kamalia - Arrival in England 83 CHAPTER IX . PARK'S SECOND JOURNEY . Views under which he was sent out - Departure ...
... Niger - Sego - Sansanding - Silla - Obliged to return - Various Misfortunes - Distressed State - Finds Relief at Kamalia - Arrival in England 83 CHAPTER IX . PARK'S SECOND JOURNEY . Views under which he was sent out - Departure ...
Pàgina 33
... Niger of Park , and the city to be Timbuctoo ; but since the late discoveries of Denham and Clapperton , it has appeared more probable that the stream was the Yeou or river of Bornou . The distance from Cyrene thither is not so great ...
... Niger of Park , and the city to be Timbuctoo ; but since the late discoveries of Denham and Clapperton , it has appeared more probable that the stream was the Yeou or river of Bornou . The distance from Cyrene thither is not so great ...
Pàgina 42
... Niger ) , which impregnate the earth with the sand , it is said , whence this precious metal was extracted . As soon as the waters have retired , the inhabitants eagerly dig the ground , and every one finds more or less , " according to ...
... Niger ) , which impregnate the earth with the sand , it is said , whence this precious metal was extracted . As soon as the waters have retired , the inhabitants eagerly dig the ground , and every one finds more or less , " according to ...
Pàgina 43
... Niger . For a knowledge of his narrative the English public have just been indebted to the learned labours of Professor Les of Cambridge , as a member of the Society for Oriental Translation . Unfortunately , he could only procure the ...
... Niger . For a knowledge of his narrative the English public have just been indebted to the learned labours of Professor Les of Cambridge , as a member of the Society for Oriental Translation . Unfortunately , he could only procure the ...
Pàgina 45
... Niger ' ; and the view necessarily led to a conclusion opposite to that hitherto entertained by his countrymen , who considered it as flowing westward to the ocean . Destitute of all oppor- tunity of complete observation , he fell into ...
... Niger ' ; and the view necessarily led to a conclusion opposite to that hitherto entertained by his countrymen , who considered it as flowing westward to the ocean . Destitute of all oppor- tunity of complete observation , he fell into ...
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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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