Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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... according to the best authorities , various additions have been made in order to illustrate the new discoveries and settlements . The Narrative of these successive Travels and Expe- ditions comes from the experienced hand of Mr HUGH ...
... according to the best authorities , various additions have been made in order to illustrate the new discoveries and settlements . The Narrative of these successive Travels and Expe- ditions comes from the experienced hand of Mr HUGH ...
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... according to Caillié ,. 226 Ashantee Warrior and Attendant , .. .291 Queen of Lattakoo , Lattakoo Warrior , and two Bosjesman Hottentots , .. .310 Negroes Preparing the Manioc Root , .. .344 Negro Palaver - house , .... .348 Group of ...
... according to Caillié ,. 226 Ashantee Warrior and Attendant , .. .291 Queen of Lattakoo , Lattakoo Warrior , and two Bosjesman Hottentots , .. .310 Negroes Preparing the Manioc Root , .. .344 Negro Palaver - house , .... .348 Group of ...
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... according to their estimate of its value , either carried away the bullion , or left the whole untouched ; in which last case the simple people under- stood that more of the precious metal was expected . Thus the parties went backwards ...
... according to their estimate of its value , either carried away the bullion , or left the whole untouched ; in which last case the simple people under- stood that more of the precious metal was expected . Thus the parties went backwards ...
Pàgina 37
... According to the historian this veneration was carried to so singular a pitch , that if the king lost a leg or an arm , each of his courtiers pre- sently severed from himself the same member . The priests , however , whose influence in ...
... According to the historian this veneration was carried to so singular a pitch , that if the king lost a leg or an arm , each of his courtiers pre- sently severed from himself the same member . The priests , however , whose influence in ...
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... According to certain accounts , he pretended to have really made the circuit of Africa ; to have visited some nations that were dumb ; others with- out tongues ; and one people who had no mouths , but received all their food by the nose ...
... According to certain accounts , he pretended to have really made the circuit of Africa ; to have visited some nations that were dumb ; others with- out tongues ; and one people who had no mouths , but received all their food by the nose ...
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