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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... direction of their length , cover a much greater surface , and thus create fertility in the more limited plains which intervene between the mountains and the ocean . But the largest of the African rivers , directing their course through ...
... direction of their length , cover a much greater surface , and thus create fertility in the more limited plains which intervene between the mountains and the ocean . But the largest of the African rivers , directing their course through ...
Pàgina 35
... direction of the interior from the Garamantes , beyond whom were Ethiopians dwelling in caves and running so swiftly that the former people were obliged to hunt them in chariots , -a proceeding very unsuitable to the meek character ...
... direction of the interior from the Garamantes , beyond whom were Ethiopians dwelling in caves and running so swiftly that the former people were obliged to hunt them in chariots , -a proceeding very unsuitable to the meek character ...
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... direction he should first pro- ceed ; and an expedition to trace the upper course and fountain of the Nile was at one time contem- plated . But the spirit of adventure was soon turn- * M. Heeren has lately attempted to prove that ...
... direction he should first pro- ceed ; and an expedition to trace the upper course and fountain of the Nile was at one time contem- plated . But the spirit of adventure was soon turn- * M. Heeren has lately attempted to prove that ...
Pàgina 50
... direction as inspired the idea that it might , by no vast circuit , lead round to the Straits of Gib- raltar . To be the circumnavigator of Africa became from that moment the object to which the life of Eu- doxus was devoted . On his ...
... direction as inspired the idea that it might , by no vast circuit , lead round to the Straits of Gib- raltar . To be the circumnavigator of Africa became from that moment the object to which the life of Eu- doxus was devoted . On his ...
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... direction is south , and even a little south - west . At or near Cape Delgado , therefore , must , it appears , be fixed the boundary of ancient navigation along the eastern coast of Africa . SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS . CHAPTER III ...
... direction is south , and even a little south - west . At or near Cape Delgado , therefore , must , it appears , be fixed the boundary of ancient navigation along the eastern coast of Africa . SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS . CHAPTER III ...
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