Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. With Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and ZoologyOliver & Boyd, 1849 - 472 pàgines |
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... NUBIA and ABYSSINIA . 13 , 14. ARABIA , Ancient and Modern . 15. PERSIA , comprising AFGHANISTAN and Beloochistan . 16. LIVES of EMINENT ZOOLOGISTS . 17. HISTORY and PRESENT CONDITION of the BARBARY STATES . 18 , 19 , 20. CHINA , from ...
... NUBIA and ABYSSINIA . 13 , 14. ARABIA , Ancient and Modern . 15. PERSIA , comprising AFGHANISTAN and Beloochistan . 16. LIVES of EMINENT ZOOLOGISTS . 17. HISTORY and PRESENT CONDITION of the BARBARY STATES . 18 , 19 , 20. CHINA , from ...
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... Nubia and Abyssinia . So varied are the subjects introduced into this work , that , in order to do justice to them , it was found necessary , on its first publication , to exceed very considerably the limits to which the volumes of the ...
... Nubia and Abyssinia . So varied are the subjects introduced into this work , that , in order to do justice to them , it was found necessary , on its first publication , to exceed very considerably the limits to which the volumes of the ...
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... Nubia ; but we should much rather believe , with Herodotus , that the latter country owed to the former all that she possessed of art and civilisation . The sovereigns of the upper Nile are said to have received a wild and peculiar ...
... Nubia ; but we should much rather believe , with Herodotus , that the latter country owed to the former all that she possessed of art and civilisation . The sovereigns of the upper Nile are said to have received a wild and peculiar ...
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... Nubia , at Syene . The bigotry and dislike produced by hostile creeds not only deprived these writers of the means of information , but led them to view with contempt every thing relating to countries accounted infidel . Their notices ...
... Nubia , at Syene . The bigotry and dislike produced by hostile creeds not only deprived these writers of the means of information , but led them to view with contempt every thing relating to countries accounted infidel . Their notices ...
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... Nubia to Egypt . WALA From Mali he turned northward to Timbuctoo . This city , which was then subject to the former , was governed by a negro viceroy , and was far from possessing the celebrity and importance which it has since attained ...
... Nubia to Egypt . WALA From Mali he turned northward to Timbuctoo . This city , which was then subject to the former , was governed by a negro viceroy , and was far from possessing the celebrity and importance which it has since attained ...
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