Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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... 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 MURRAY PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . 7.
... 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 MURRAY PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . 7.
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... hand of Mr HUGH MURRAY . The chapter on Geology was furnished by PROFESSOR JAMESON ; and for the interesting and very ample account of the Natural History of Africa the reader is indebted to Mr JAMES WILSON , author of " Illustra- tions ...
... hand of Mr HUGH MURRAY . The chapter on Geology was furnished by PROFESSOR JAMESON ; and for the interesting and very ample account of the Natural History of Africa the reader is indebted to Mr JAMES WILSON , author of " Illustra- tions ...
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... 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 monotony , appears to pervade it . From the one end to 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 monotony , appears to pervade it . From the one end to the ...
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... hands were employed in throwing stones against each other with such fury that usually some of them were left dead on the spot . The fate of these sufferers was peculiarly hard , since it was supposed to justify the most unfavourable ...
... hands were employed in throwing stones against each other with such fury that usually some of them were left dead on the spot . The fate of these sufferers was peculiarly hard , since it was supposed to justify the most unfavourable ...
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... hand , a statement which the historian himself rejects as fabulous . Such is all the account transmitted to us of this extraordinary expedition , which has given rise to a learned and voluminous controversy . Rennell in his Geography of ...
... hand , a statement which the historian himself rejects as fabulous . Such is all the account transmitted to us of this extraordinary expedition , which has given rise to a learned and voluminous controversy . Rennell in his Geography of ...
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