Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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Pàgina 9
... Voyages along the Western Coast - The Senegal - Prince Bemoy - Discovery of the Congo -Numerous Missionaries sent out - Superstitions of the Natives , ......... CHAPTER V. EARLY ENGLISH DISCOVERIES . Decline of Portuguese Maritime.
... Voyages along the Western Coast - The Senegal - Prince Bemoy - Discovery of the Congo -Numerous Missionaries sent out - Superstitions of the Natives , ......... CHAPTER V. EARLY ENGLISH DISCOVERIES . Decline of Portuguese Maritime.
Pàgina 13
... Native and Foreign Tribes - Natives- Agriculture Manufactures - Internal Trade - Exports and Imports between Great Britain and Western Africa- Domestic Accommodation - Intellectual Character - Super- stitions - War and Slavery - Amiable ...
... Native and Foreign Tribes - Natives- Agriculture Manufactures - Internal Trade - Exports and Imports between Great Britain and Western Africa- Domestic Accommodation - Intellectual Character - Super- stitions - War and Slavery - Amiable ...
Pàgina 30
... native priests , he learned much that was accurate , as well as somewhat that was incorrect and exaggerated , respecting ... natives constructed their houses without any fear of their melting beneath a shower , in a region where rain was ...
... native priests , he learned much that was accurate , as well as somewhat that was incorrect and exaggerated , respecting ... natives constructed their houses without any fear of their melting beneath a shower , in a region where rain was ...
Pàgina 32
... natives retain no trace , —as a solitary and timid people , shunning the intercourse of strangers , destitute of arms , and not even attempting to defend themselves against foreign aggression . After the Gindanes and the Lotophagi , who ...
... natives retain no trace , —as a solitary and timid people , shunning the intercourse of strangers , destitute of arms , and not even attempting to defend themselves against foreign aggression . After the Gindanes and the Lotophagi , who ...
Pàgina 33
... natives believe to be the pillar of heaven , -a creed adopted , or perhaps invented , by the Greeks and Romans . Herodotus here stops , frankly owning that his informa- tion did not enable him to go farther . The only other accounts ...
... natives believe to be the pillar of heaven , -a creed adopted , or perhaps invented , by the Greeks and Romans . Herodotus here stops , frankly owning that his informa- tion did not enable him to go farther . The only other accounts ...
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