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 pàgines |
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... described in a work of later date , written apparently after the establishment of the Roman power in Egypt . It is termed the Periplus of the Erythræan ( or Indian ) Sea , by an author whose name was Arrian ; but it comprises not so ...
... described in a work of later date , written apparently after the establishment of the Roman power in Egypt . It is termed the Periplus of the Erythræan ( or Indian ) Sea , by an author whose name was Arrian ; but it comprises not so ...
Pàgina 58
... described as intersected and overflowed during the rainy season by the branches of the Nile ( of the Negroes , or Niger ) , which impregnate the earth with the sand whence this precious metal is extracted . As soon as the waters have ...
... described as intersected and overflowed during the rainy season by the branches of the Nile ( of the Negroes , or Niger ) , which impregnate the earth with the sand whence this precious metal is extracted . As soon as the waters have ...
Pàgina 61
... , then the most flourishing country and city in that part of the continent . This Mali is evidently the Melli of Leo , who described it as situated on a river to the south of Timbuctoo ; 5 but it is not easy to identify it with any.
... , then the most flourishing country and city in that part of the continent . This Mali is evidently the Melli of Leo , who described it as situated on a river to the south of Timbuctoo ; 5 but it is not easy to identify it with any.
Pàgina 64
... 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 city of Bambarra . At Timbuctoo many merchants were ...
... 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 city of Bambarra . At Timbuctoo many merchants were ...
Pàgina 132
... described to Mr Park as the great centre of the com- merce carried on between the Moors and negroes , by means of which the former people had filled it with Mohammedan converts : it was added , that the king and his principal officers ...
... described to Mr Park as the great centre of the com- merce carried on between the Moors and negroes , by means of which the former people had filled it with Mohammedan converts : it was added , that the king and his principal officers ...
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