Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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Pàgina 38
... employ , not native , but Phoenician navigators , of whose voyage the Greek author received an account from the Egyptian priests . Proceeding down the Red Sea they entered the Indian Ocean ; and 38 KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA.
... employ , not native , but Phoenician navigators , of whose voyage the Greek author received an account from the Egyptian priests . Proceeding down the Red Sea they entered the Indian Ocean ; and 38 KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA.
Pàgina 39
... entered the Indian Ocean ; and in three years made the complete circuit of the continent , passing through the Pillars of Hercules , and up the Mediterra- nean to Egypt . They related that , in the course of this very long voyage , they ...
... entered the Indian Ocean ; and in three years made the complete circuit of the continent , passing through the Pillars of Hercules , and up the Mediterra- nean to Egypt . They related that , in the course of this very long voyage , they ...
Pàgina 59
... entered the Senegal ; and in this neighbourhood the mariners found fertile and populous regions , that promised to reward their exer- tions much more effectually than the visionary name after which they had so eagerly inquired . A ...
... entered the Senegal ; and in this neighbourhood the mariners found fertile and populous regions , that promised to reward their exer- tions much more effectually than the visionary name after which they had so eagerly inquired . A ...
Pàgina 69
... entered the river ; and pro- ceeding as high as Kassan , a fortified town , where he left most of his crew , he pushed on in boats . The Por- tuguese , who were still numerous in that district , and retained all their lofty claims ...
... entered the river ; and pro- ceeding as high as Kassan , a fortified town , where he left most of his crew , he pushed on in boats . The Por- tuguese , who were still numerous in that district , and retained all their lofty claims ...
Pàgina 70
... entered the Gambia in November 1620 ; but what was his dismay on receiving the tidings that Thompson had perished by the hands of his own men ! Mutiny was then a frequent occurrence in those danger- ous and distant services ; but how it ...
... entered the Gambia in November 1620 ; but what was his dismay on receiving the tidings that Thompson had perished by the hands of his own men ! Mutiny was then a frequent occurrence in those danger- ous and distant services ; but how it ...
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