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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... entirely new character to the geography of Africa , fell naturally to be noticed at some length . The opportunity has also been taken to bring down to the present date the accounts of the British settle- ments at Sierra Leone , the Gold ...
... entirely new character to the geography of Africa , fell naturally to be noticed at some length . The opportunity has also been taken to bring down to the present date the accounts of the British settle- ments at Sierra Leone , the Gold ...
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... entirely on the periodical rains ; and these sink into the sandy and porous surface , till , being arrested at the depth of eight or ten feet , they form that " " sea under ground " which has been traced over a large portion of the ...
... entirely on the periodical rains ; and these sink into the sandy and porous surface , till , being arrested at the depth of eight or ten feet , they form that " " sea under ground " which has been traced over a large portion of the ...
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... entirely the record of what he saw and heard during his various peregrinations . By means of a long stay in Egypt , and an intimate communication with the native priests , he learned much that was accurate , as well as somewhat that was ...
... entirely the record of what he saw and heard during his various peregrinations . By means of a long stay in Egypt , and an intimate communication with the native priests , he learned much that was accurate , as well as somewhat that was ...
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... entirely perished , and their place was taken by the Nasamones . Beyond them the Macæ inhabited a beautiful region watered by the river Cinyps , on whose bank rose " the hill of the Graces , " covered with a profusion of the finest ...
... entirely perished , and their place was taken by the Nasamones . Beyond them the Macæ inhabited a beautiful region watered by the river Cinyps , on whose bank rose " the hill of the Graces , " covered with a profusion of the finest ...
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... entirely along a coast of which the navigators never required to lose sight even for a day ; that their small barks were well equipped and better fitted than ours for coasting navigation ; and , drawing very little wa- ter , could be ...
... entirely along a coast of which the navigators never required to lose sight even for a day ; that their small barks were well equipped and better fitted than ours for coasting navigation ; and , drawing very little wa- ter , could be ...
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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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