Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time : with Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy, and ZoologyOliver & Boyd, Tweeddale-Court, 1832 - 503 pāgines |
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Pāgina 18
... cheers and illumines the rest of the earth , glares on Africa with oppressive and malignant beam , blasting the face of Nature , and covering her THE GREAT DESERT . 19 with barrenness and desolation . 18 NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA .
... cheers and illumines the rest of the earth , glares on Africa with oppressive and malignant beam , blasting the face of Nature , and covering her THE GREAT DESERT . 19 with barrenness and desolation . 18 NATURAL FEATURES OF AFRICA .
Pāgina 20
... covered as with a deluge , and the dry beds of the rivulets are covered with tor- rents ; yet so intense are the sun's rays , that the moisture thus lavished upon the surface is quickly dried up . Great rivers , which , swollen by the ...
... covered as with a deluge , and the dry beds of the rivulets are covered with tor- rents ; yet so intense are the sun's rays , that the moisture thus lavished upon the surface is quickly dried up . Great rivers , which , swollen by the ...
Pāgina 30
... covered with thick darkness , and left so far behind in all the arts and attainments which exalt and adorn human nature , had at that early period taken the lead , in these very particu- lars , of all other nations . It included Egypt ...
... covered with thick darkness , and left so far behind in all the arts and attainments which exalt and adorn human nature , had at that early period taken the lead , in these very particu- lars , of all other nations . It included Egypt ...
Pāgina 31
... covered with magnificent monuments , erected at an era when the faintest dawn of science had not yet illumined the regions of Europe . While Egypt was thus pre - eminent in science and art , Carthage equally excelled in commerce and in ...
... covered with magnificent monuments , erected at an era when the faintest dawn of science had not yet illumined the regions of Europe . While Egypt was thus pre - eminent in science and art , Carthage equally excelled in commerce and in ...
Pāgina 34
... covered with a profusion of the finest foliage . Such is still the gay and brilliant aspect which the neighbour- hood of Bengazi presents . To the south of the Na- samones , in a region almost resigned to wild beasts , the Garamantes ...
... covered with a profusion of the finest foliage . Such is still the gay and brilliant aspect which the neighbour- hood of Bengazi presents . To the south of the Na- samones , in a region almost resigned to wild beasts , the Garamantes ...
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Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualitzaciķ completa - 1830 |
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