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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Pàgina 40
... mentioned and strongly supported by Agathar- chides , who wrote a learned work on the Red Sea ; which , however , was far from attaining the favour- able reception that it merited . The name of Ethiopia was very generally applied by the ...
... mentioned and strongly supported by Agathar- chides , who wrote a learned work on the Red Sea ; which , however , was far from attaining the favour- able reception that it merited . The name of Ethiopia was very generally applied by the ...
Pàgina 45
... mention- ed as occupying the district southward of Cyrene . Five young men of distinction formed themselves into an African association , personally to explore what was still unknown in the vast interior of this continent . They passed ...
... mention- ed as occupying the district southward of Cyrene . Five young men of distinction formed themselves into an African association , personally to explore what was still unknown in the vast interior of this continent . They passed ...
Pàgina 58
... mentioned by the Arabian writers . The whole range of Alpine territory to the south- ward of the regions now described was called Lam- lam , and presented a continued scene of barbarous violence . It was branded as the land of the infi ...
... mentioned by the Arabian writers . The whole range of Alpine territory to the south- ward of the regions now described was called Lam- lam , and presented a continued scene of barbarous violence . It was branded as the land of the infi ...
Pàgina 59
... mention the Island of Ulil , whence were brought great quanti- ties of salt , an article in constant demand through- out Soudan . Ulil , though called an island , was probably Walet , the great interior market for that mineral ; but all ...
... mention the Island of Ulil , whence were brought great quanti- ties of salt , an article in constant demand through- out Soudan . Ulil , though called an island , was probably Walet , the great interior market for that mineral ; but all ...
Pàgina 63
... mention , had now risen to be the most powerful of the interior kingdoms , and the great centre of commerce and wealth . Ghana , once pos- sessed of imperial greatness , had already changed its name to Kano , and was ranked as tributary.
... mention , had now risen to be the most powerful of the interior kingdoms , and the great centre of commerce and wealth . Ghana , once pos- sessed of imperial greatness , had already changed its name to Kano , and was ranked as tributary.
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