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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... means of adding materially to its value . An outline of M. Douville's travels has been given from the reports presented by himself to the " Société de Géographie . " The discovery by the Messrs Lander of the termination of the Niger ...
... means of adding materially to its value . An outline of M. Douville's travels has been given from the reports presented by himself to the " Société de Géographie . " The discovery by the Messrs Lander of the termination of the Niger ...
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... means of arti- ficial inundation , are the principal source of that luxuriant fertility , that mighty growth of vegetable forms , which singularly characterize the tropical climates . It is to the waters , which descend from the lofty ...
... means of arti- ficial inundation , are the principal source of that luxuriant fertility , that mighty growth of vegetable forms , which singularly characterize the tropical climates . It is to the waters , which descend from the lofty ...
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... means to arrest their progress ; the dense and irresistible mass continues to move onward , and soon baffles every attempt to check its course . Whole pro- vinces which , at their entrance , display rich harvests and brilliant verdure ...
... means to arrest their progress ; the dense and irresistible mass continues to move onward , and soon baffles every attempt to check its course . Whole pro- vinces which , at their entrance , display rich harvests and brilliant verdure ...
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... means of which she rose to such a degree of power as enabled her to hold long suspended between herself and Rome the scales of universal empire . In that grand struggle Car- thage sunk amid a blaze of expiring glory ; while Egypt ...
... means of which she rose to such a degree of power as enabled her to hold long suspended between herself and Rome the scales of universal empire . In that grand struggle Car- thage sunk amid a blaze of expiring glory ; while Egypt ...
Pàgina 33
... 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 incorrect and exaggerated , respecting the wide region which ex- tends from the ...
... 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 incorrect and exaggerated , respecting the wide region which ex- tends from the ...
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