Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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Pàgina 33
... reached him respected a nation be- yond the Pillars of Hercules ( Straits of Gibraltar ) , with whom the Carthaginians carried on trade in a very peculiar manner . This wild and timid race would not approach or hold parley with those ...
... reached him respected a nation be- yond the Pillars of Hercules ( Straits of Gibraltar ) , with whom the Carthaginians carried on trade in a very peculiar manner . This wild and timid race would not approach or hold parley with those ...
Pàgina 35
... reaching the sea , necessarily spread over the land ; but Diodorus clearly shows , besides the reason being itself insufficient , that there was no correspondence in the periods ; observing also , that those winds blew up many other ...
... reaching the sea , necessarily spread over the land ; but Diodorus clearly shows , besides the reason being itself insufficient , that there was no correspondence in the periods ; observing also , that those winds blew up many other ...
Pàgina 40
... reached the immeasurable sandy waste . Having laid in a good stock of water and pro- visions , they travelled many days partly in a westerly direction , and came at length to one of the oases or ver- dant islands which bespangle the ...
... reached the immeasurable sandy waste . Having laid in a good stock of water and pro- visions , they travelled many days partly in a westerly direction , and came at length to one of the oases or ver- dant islands which bespangle the ...
Pàgina 43
... lately attempted to prove that Hanno's voyage reached to the mouth of the Gambia , which is less by nearly a fifth than the course assigned by Major Rennell . the Nile was at one time contemplated . But the AMONG THE ANCIENTS . 43.
... lately attempted to prove that Hanno's voyage reached to the mouth of the Gambia , which is less by nearly a fifth than the course assigned by Major Rennell . the Nile was at one time contemplated . But the AMONG THE ANCIENTS . 43.
Pàgina 46
... reached Cape Aromata ( Guardafui ) , which forms the termination of the Red Sea and the entrance into the Indian Ocean . The coast of Africa , in this latitude , afforded ivory in abundance , rhinoceros ' horns , and tortoise - shell ...
... reached Cape Aromata ( Guardafui ) , which forms the termination of the Red Sea and the entrance into the Indian Ocean . The coast of Africa , in this latitude , afforded ivory in abundance , rhinoceros ' horns , and tortoise - shell ...
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