Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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... continent have undergone great vicissitudes , par- ticularly in the south , through the repeated irruptions of the Caffres , and the large emigration to Natal . Some farther discoveries have likewise been made in the same part of the ...
... continent have undergone great vicissitudes , par- ticularly in the south , through the repeated irruptions of the Caffres , and the large emigration to Natal . Some farther discoveries have likewise been made in the same part of the ...
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... continent at the present day . This quarter of the globe has afforded ampler scope than any other to that enterprising spirit which impels men , regardless of toil and peril , to pene- trate into unknown countries . Down to a ...
... continent at the present day . This quarter of the globe has afforded ampler scope than any other to that enterprising spirit which impels men , regardless of toil and peril , to pene- trate into unknown countries . Down to a ...
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... continent . In a word , while exploring these remote regions , they braved almost every species of danger , and passed through every variety of suffering , by which the strength and fortitude of man can be tried . The interval , short ...
... continent . In a word , while exploring these remote regions , they braved almost every species of danger , and passed through every variety of suffering , by which the strength and fortitude of man can be tried . The interval , short ...
Pàgina 17
... continent in its original state , as it came from the hands of Nature . Though immense , and abounding even with the most striking and surprising contrasts , yet , on a general view , a certain uniformity , approaching almost to ...
... continent in its original state , as it came from the hands of Nature . Though immense , and abounding even with the most striking and surprising contrasts , yet , on a general view , a certain uniformity , approaching almost to ...
Pàgina 18
... continents , and many new channels of commerce would be opened up . As , however , she has an existence likely to be ... continent , exhibit- ing an expanse of burning surface , where for many days the pilgrim finds not a drop of water ...
... continents , and many new channels of commerce would be opened up . As , however , she has an existence likely to be ... continent , exhibit- ing an expanse of burning surface , where for many days the pilgrim finds not a drop of water ...
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afterwards amid ancient animals appeared Arabs arrived attack Badagry banks beautiful Benin birds Boo Khalloom Bornou Boussa Caffres called camels canoe Cape Captain caravan cattle chief chiefly Clapperton coast colony colour continent covered Desert Devil's Peak district earth Europe European expedition extending extremely Eyeo farther feet Fellatas female Fezzan Gambia genus gneiss gold granite ground head Herodotus hills Hope horse immense inhabitants interior island journey king kingdom lake Lake Tchad land Lander Lattakoo length Major Denham miles Morocco mountains natives nearly negro Niger Nubia observed occur ocean Park party passed peculiar plain present prince principal proceeded quadrupeds race reached received regions river rocks Rüppell salt sand sandstone scarcely seen Senegal sent sheik shores Sierra Leone slaves soon Southern Africa species stream sultan Timbuctoo tion town travellers trees tribes Tripoli trona vessel village visited voyage Wawa whole wild