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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... nearly in the centre of the earth , and obstructing the great highway across the ocean . Her coasts form the chief barrier to a direct maritime intercourse between the distant extremities of the globe . To perform the vast circuit of ...
... nearly in the centre of the earth , and obstructing the great highway across the ocean . Her coasts form the chief barrier to a direct maritime intercourse between the distant extremities of the globe . To perform the vast circuit of ...
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... nearly comprised within the circuit of the Mediterranean shores , Northern Africa held in their view no inconsiderable importance . This region , which is now covered with thick darkness , and left so far behind in all the arts and ...
... nearly comprised within the circuit of the Mediterranean shores , Northern Africa held in their view no inconsiderable importance . This region , which is now covered with thick darkness , and left so far behind in all the arts and ...
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... nearly 3000 miles , the other one of about 600 ; and yet each theory is supported by profound and able arguments . * In such a case who shall de- cide ? We really have made some attempts to do so , without being able to come to a ...
... nearly 3000 miles , the other one of about 600 ; and yet each theory is supported by profound and able arguments . * In such a case who shall de- cide ? We really have made some attempts to do so , without being able to come to a ...
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... nearly similar : the people gave them the most cor- dial reception , flocked in crowds to witness and to share in the pomp of their ceremonies , accepted with thankfulness their sacred gifts , and received by thousands the rite of ...
... nearly similar : the people gave them the most cor- dial reception , flocked in crowds to witness and to share in the pomp of their ceremonies , accepted with thankfulness their sacred gifts , and received by thousands the rite of ...
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... nearly two thousand pounds sterling . In the month of December he en- tered the river ; and proceeding as high as Kassan , a fortified town , where he left most of his crew , he pushed on in boats . The Portuguese , who were still ...
... nearly two thousand pounds sterling . In the month of December he en- tered the river ; and proceeding as high as Kassan , a fortified town , where he left most of his crew , he pushed on in boats . The Portuguese , who were still ...
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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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