Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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Pàgina 12
... Obtain some Redress - Conveyed to Eboe - Negotiation for Ransom - King Boy - Voyage to Brass Town - Richard Lander conveyed to an English Ship -Behaviour of Captain Lake - Boy's Return - John Lander conveyed to the Vessel - Arrival at ...
... Obtain some Redress - Conveyed to Eboe - Negotiation for Ransom - King Boy - Voyage to Brass Town - Richard Lander conveyed to an English Ship -Behaviour of Captain Lake - Boy's Return - John Lander conveyed to the Vessel - Arrival at ...
Pàgina 23
... obtain the bony substance composing his tusks , which , under the name of ivory , forms one of the most valued articles of African trade . The prodigious strength of the elephant , his almost impenetrable hide , his rapid though awkward ...
... obtain the bony substance composing his tusks , which , under the name of ivory , forms one of the most valued articles of African trade . The prodigious strength of the elephant , his almost impenetrable hide , his rapid though awkward ...
Pàgina 38
... obtained any precise and determinate knowledge . They comprised a wide ex- tent of shore , but extended a very short distance inland ; being bounded on each side by two unknown coasts , which stretched so far that it was not possible to ...
... obtained any precise and determinate knowledge . They comprised a wide ex- tent of shore , but extended a very short distance inland ; being bounded on each side by two unknown coasts , which stretched so far that it was not possible to ...
Pàgina 41
... obtained a commutation of the sen- tence into one which she represented as still more severe , -that of sailing round Africa . Under this heavy neces- sity , the exile coasted along the Mediterranean , passed the western point of the ...
... obtained a commutation of the sen- tence into one which she represented as still more severe , -that of sailing round Africa . Under this heavy neces- sity , the exile coasted along the Mediterranean , passed the western point of the ...
Pàgina 48
... of caravans was formed with the interior countries , to obtain gold and slaves ; and , amid the sanguinary disputes which afterwards arose among An the descendants of the prophet , many , whose ill 48 SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS .
... of caravans was formed with the interior countries , to obtain gold and slaves ; and , amid the sanguinary disputes which afterwards arose among An the descendants of the prophet , many , whose ill 48 SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS .
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