Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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... brought down to the latest period . The eastern coast had remained for ages nearly unknown ; but now , chiefly owing to the elaborate survey of Captain Owen , means have been afforded of describing it with tolerable accuracy . Mr Wilson ...
... brought down to the latest period . The eastern coast had remained for ages nearly unknown ; but now , chiefly owing to the elaborate survey of Captain Owen , means have been afforded of describing it with tolerable accuracy . Mr Wilson ...
Pàgina 8
... brought forward under the title of the Barbary States . - Egypt , again , owing to its high antiquity , its stupendous monuments , and the memorable revolutions through which it has passed , has in like manner afforded ample materials ...
... brought forward under the title of the Barbary States . - Egypt , again , owing to its high antiquity , its stupendous monuments , and the memorable revolutions through which it has passed , has in like manner afforded ample materials ...
Pàgina 49
... brought shells and brass , for which in return they are said to have received gold and ornaments . Mention is made of the cotton cloths which still form the staple manufacture . Tocrur appears evidently to be Sackatoo C or Soccatoo ...
... brought shells and brass , for which in return they are said to have received gold and ornaments . Mention is made of the cotton cloths which still form the staple manufacture . Tocrur appears evidently to be Sackatoo C or Soccatoo ...
Pàgina 51
... brought great quantities of salt , an article in con- stant demand throughout Soudan . Though called an island , it was probably Walet , the great interior market for that mineral ; but all the features of the country around and beyond ...
... brought great quantities of salt , an article in con- stant demand throughout Soudan . Though called an island , it was probably Walet , the great interior market for that mineral ; but all the features of the country around and beyond ...
Pàgina 52
... this commodity in regular tables in the mine , fitted for being conveyed to a distance ; but he probably overlooked an artificial process by which it is usually brought into this form . From Thaghari he went in 52 SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS .
... this commodity in regular tables in the mine , fitted for being conveyed to a distance ; but he probably overlooked an artificial process by which it is usually brought into this form . From Thaghari he went in 52 SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS .
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