Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1844 - 472 pàgines |
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... Visits Rabba - Its Description - De- scends the River - Death of Lander - Return to England- Mr Allen's Theory respecting the Yeou and Tchadda Mr Davidson's Expedition - Residence at Morocco - Jour- ney to Wadnoon - His Murder ...
... Visits Rabba - Its Description - De- scends the River - Death of Lander - Return to England- Mr Allen's Theory respecting the Yeou and Tchadda Mr Davidson's Expedition - Residence at Morocco - Jour- ney to Wadnoon - His Murder ...
Pàgina 46
... visited some nations that were dumb ; others with- out tongues ; and one people who had no mouths , but received all their food by the nose . These are the wild exaggerations which , in a credulous age , a story under- goes in passing ...
... visited some nations that were dumb ; others with- out tongues ; and one people who had no mouths , but received all their food by the nose . These are the wild exaggerations which , in a credulous age , a story under- goes in passing ...
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... visited the regions which they describe . Arabic literature has , notwithstanding , been also enriched by the productions of some eminent travellers : Wahab and Abuzaid , in the ninth century , penetrated into China , and communicated ...
... visited the regions which they describe . Arabic literature has , notwithstanding , been also enriched by the productions of some eminent travellers : Wahab and Abuzaid , in the ninth century , penetrated into China , and communicated ...
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... visited by Clap- perton . Ghinea or Ghineoa , described as a city of great commerce and splendour , has been supposed to be Ghana ; but we think it is evidently Jenne , which Park found to be the largest and most flourishing place in ...
... visited by Clap- perton . Ghinea or Ghineoa , described as a city of great commerce and splendour , has been supposed to be Ghana ; but we think it is evidently Jenne , which Park found to be the largest and most flourishing place in ...
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... visited by caravans of the " Brabariis and Luddaias " ( the people of Bambarra and Ludamar ) , who gave a very favourable report of the interior regions . Besides the expected accession to the power and splendour of their monarchy , the ...
... visited by caravans of the " Brabariis and Luddaias " ( the people of Bambarra and Ludamar ) , who gave a very favourable report of the interior regions . Besides the expected accession to the power and splendour of their monarchy , the ...
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