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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... extending across the breadth only of Africa . The Andes and the Himmaleh , those stupendous heights of America and Asia , as they traverse their respective regions in the direction of their length , cover a much greater surface , and ...
... extending across the breadth only of Africa . The Andes and the Himmaleh , those stupendous heights of America and Asia , as they traverse their respective regions in the direction of their length , cover a much greater surface , and ...
Pàgina 21
... extending horizontally , each equal to a large tree , make the baobab a forest as it were in itself . The mangrove , too , which rises on the borders of rivers or inundated spots , diffuses itself in a manner truly remarkable . The ...
... extending horizontally , each equal to a large tree , make the baobab a forest as it were in itself . The mangrove , too , which rises on the borders of rivers or inundated spots , diffuses itself in a manner truly remarkable . The ...
Pàgina 28
... extends along the Mediterranean , was not only well known to the nations of antiquity , but constituted an integral part of their political and social system . This coast forms , indeed , only a comparatively small portion of that great ...
... extends along the Mediterranean , was not only well known to the nations of antiquity , but constituted an integral part of their political and social system . This coast forms , indeed , only a comparatively small portion of that great ...
Pàgina 30
... extends from the Nile to the Atlantic . He justly describes it as much inferior in fertility to the cultivated parts of Europe and Asia , and suffering severely from drought ; yet there were a few spots , as Cinyps and the high tracts ...
... extends from the Nile to the Atlantic . He justly describes it as much inferior in fertility to the cultivated parts of Europe and Asia , and suffering severely from drought ; yet there were a few spots , as Cinyps and the high tracts ...
Pàgina 34
... Strabo , who wrote after the Roman sway was fully established over Africa , gives a much more sober report of its western regions . Extending his view beyond the Atlas , he describes the Mauri , peopling a rich 34 KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA.
... Strabo , who wrote after the Roman sway was fully established over Africa , gives a much more sober report of its western regions . Extending his view beyond the Atlas , he describes the Mauri , peopling a rich 34 KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA.
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