Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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... Sand of the Desert rest ? -Description of a Trona or Natron Lake - Ful- gurite and Native Meteoric Iron in the Desert - Observations on the Sand of the Desert - Moving Pillars of Sand - Sand- wind - How the prevailing Winds affect the Sand ...
... Sand of the Desert rest ? -Description of a Trona or Natron Lake - Ful- gurite and Native Meteoric Iron in the Desert - Observations on the Sand of the Desert - Moving Pillars of Sand - Sand- wind - How the prevailing Winds affect the Sand ...
Pàgina 18
... sand form a feature truly alarming . The Great Desert , with the exception of the narrow valley of the Nile , reaches across the entire continent , exhibit- ing an expanse of burning surface , where for many days the pilgrim finds not a ...
... sand form a feature truly alarming . The Great Desert , with the exception of the narrow valley of the Nile , reaches across the entire continent , exhibit- ing an expanse of burning surface , where for many days the pilgrim finds not a ...
Pàgina 19
... sand drives along in clouds and whirl- winds , beneath which it was once thought that caravans and even armies had been buried ; but it is now ascer- tained that the numerous bones which whiten the desert are merely those of adventurers ...
... sand drives along in clouds and whirl- winds , beneath which it was once thought that caravans and even armies had been buried ; but it is now ascer- tained that the numerous bones which whiten the desert are merely those of adventurers ...
Pàgina 21
... sand , distilling those rich gums that constitute an important material of African commerce . The lotus , a celebrated and classical shrub , the tamarisk , and other elegant trees , afford agreeable and nutritive berries , which are ...
... sand , distilling those rich gums that constitute an important material of African commerce . The lotus , a celebrated and classical shrub , the tamarisk , and other elegant trees , afford agreeable and nutritive berries , which are ...
Pàgina 29
... sand , without a shrub , a blade of grass , or a single object by which life could be cheered or supported . This formi- dable boundary , which stopped the victorious career of Cambyses and of Alexander , arrested much more easily every ...
... sand , without a shrub , a blade of grass , or a single object by which life could be cheered or supported . This formi- dable boundary , which stopped the victorious career of Cambyses and of Alexander , arrested much more easily every ...
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Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1830 |
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Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1832 |
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