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 36
... reached him respected a nation beyond the Pillars of Hercules ( Straits of Gib- raltar ) , with whom the Carthaginians carried on trade in a very peculiar manner : this wild and timid race would not approach or hold parley with these ...
... reached him respected a nation beyond the Pillars of Hercules ( Straits of Gib- raltar ) , with whom the Carthaginians carried on trade in a very peculiar manner : this wild and timid race would not approach or hold parley with these ...
Pàgina 39
... reaching the sea , necessarily spread over the land ; but Diodorus clearly shows , besides the reason being itself insufficient , that there was no correspondence in the periods ; observing also , that the Etesian winds blew up many ...
... reaching the sea , necessarily spread over the land ; but Diodorus clearly shows , besides the reason being itself insufficient , that there was no correspondence in the periods ; observing also , that the Etesian winds blew up many ...
Pàgina 45
... reached the immeasurable sandy waste . Hav- ing laid in a good stock of water and provisions , they travelled many days partly in a westerly di- rection , and came at length to one of the oases or verdant islands which bespangle the ...
... reached the immeasurable sandy waste . Hav- ing laid in a good stock of water and provisions , they travelled many days partly in a westerly di- rection , and came at length to one of the oases or verdant islands which bespangle the ...
Pàgina 49
... . Heeren has lately attempted to prove that Hanno's voyage reached to the mouth of the Gambia , which is less by nearly a third than the course assigned by Major Rennel . C ed towards another object by the arrival of a na-
... . Heeren has lately attempted to prove that Hanno's voyage reached to the mouth of the Gambia , which is less by nearly a third than the course assigned by Major Rennel . C ed towards another object by the arrival of a na-
Pàgina 53
... reached Cape Aromata ( Guardafui ) , which forms the termination of the Red Sea and the entrance into the Indian Ocean . The coast of Af- rica , in this latitude , afforded ivory in abundance , rhinoceros ' horns , and tortoise - shell ...
... reached Cape Aromata ( Guardafui ) , which forms the termination of the Red Sea and the entrance into the Indian Ocean . The coast of Af- rica , in this latitude , afforded ivory in abundance , rhinoceros ' horns , and tortoise - shell ...
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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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