Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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Pàgina 53
... proceeded in twenty- four days to Mali , then the most flourishing country and city in that part of the continent . This is evidently the Melli of Leo , who described it as situated on a river to the south of Timbuctoo ; but it is not ...
... proceeded in twenty- four days to Mali , then the most flourishing country and city in that part of the continent . This is evidently the Melli of Leo , who described it as situated on a river to the south of Timbuctoo ; but it is not ...
Pàgina 54
... proceeded eastward by Kawkaw , Bardama , and Nakda , where he seems to have been near Nubia , but gives no farther details till he again arrived at Fez . About two centuries after Ibn Batuta , a very full de- scription of Africa was ...
... proceeded eastward by Kawkaw , Bardama , and Nakda , where he seems to have been near Nubia , but gives no farther details till he again arrived at Fez . About two centuries after Ibn Batuta , a very full de- scription of Africa was ...
Pàgina 79
... proceeded for some time very agreeably . His people were every where well received , and at one place even a saphie or charm was laid upon the bank for the purpose of drawing them on shore . The captain had endeavoured to conceal his ...
... proceeded for some time very agreeably . His people were every where well received , and at one place even a saphie or charm was laid upon the bank for the purpose of drawing them on shore . The captain had endeavoured to conceal his ...
Pàgina 95
... proceeded with them to Mesurata ; but the Arabs there , being in a state of rebellion , refused to furnish camels and guides ; which , indeed , could scarcely be expected , as the bey had declined to grant them a safe conduct through ...
... proceeded with them to Mesurata ; but the Arabs there , being in a state of rebellion , refused to furnish camels and guides ; which , indeed , could scarcely be expected , as the bey had declined to grant them a safe conduct through ...
Pàgina 99
... proceeded to Pisania , in the fertile kingdom of Yani , where he was detained five months by illness under the hospitable roof of Dr Laidley . While suffering from the fever of the climate , he acquired the Mandingo lan- guage , and ...
... proceeded to Pisania , in the fertile kingdom of Yani , where he was detained five months by illness under the hospitable roof of Dr Laidley . While suffering from the fever of the climate , he acquired the Mandingo lan- guage , and ...
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