Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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Pàgina 36
... The sovereigns of the upper Nile are said to have received a wild and peculiar homage , by a number of their wives , courtiers , and servants , all eagerly canvassing for the honour of being interred along with 36 KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA.
... The sovereigns of the upper Nile are said to have received a wild and peculiar homage , by a number of their wives , courtiers , and servants , all eagerly canvassing for the honour of being interred along with 36 KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA.
Pàgina 38
... . He was obliged to employ , not native , but Phoenician navigators , of whose voyage the Greek author received an account from the Egyptian priests . Proceeding down the Red Sea they entered the Indian Ocean ; and 38 KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA.
... . He was obliged to employ , not native , but Phoenician navigators , of whose voyage the Greek author received an account from the Egyptian priests . Proceeding down the Red Sea they entered the Indian Ocean ; and 38 KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA.
Pàgina 45
... received him well , and ordered an expedition to be prepared ; but meanwhile he was privately warned that this treacherous prince , instead of forwarding him on his voyage , intended that his people should land and leave him to perish ...
... received him well , and ordered an expedition to be prepared ; but meanwhile he was privately warned that this treacherous prince , instead of forwarding him on his voyage , intended that his people should land and leave him to perish ...
Pàgina 46
... received all their food by the nose . These are the wild exaggerations which , in a credulous age , a story under- goes in passing from one person to another . The de- scriptions of Strabo , collected from the best sources with a ...
... received all their food by the nose . These are the wild exaggerations which , in a credulous age , a story under- goes in passing from one person to another . The de- scriptions of Strabo , collected from the best sources with a ...
Pàgina 49
... received gold and ornaments . Mention is made of the cotton cloths which still form the staple manufacture . Tocrur appears evidently to be Sackatoo C or Soccatoo , now the capital of an empire which SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS . 49.
... received gold and ornaments . Mention is made of the cotton cloths which still form the staple manufacture . Tocrur appears evidently to be Sackatoo C or Soccatoo , now the capital of an empire which SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS . 49.
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