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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Pàgina 39
... never did nor could take place . To these last it appears quite impossible that ancient mariners , with their slender resources , creeping in little row - galleys along the coast , without the aid of the compass , and unable to venture ...
... never did nor could take place . To these last it appears quite impossible that ancient mariners , with their slender resources , creeping in little row - galleys along the coast , without the aid of the compass , and unable to venture ...
Pàgina 53
... never received the like ; and his majesty , instead of being incensed , began to extend to him some measure of generosity . Ibn Batuta , however , was disgusted by the abject homage paid to this monarch , as it still is to the native ...
... never received the like ; and his majesty , instead of being incensed , began to extend to him some measure of generosity . Ibn Batuta , however , was disgusted by the abject homage paid to this monarch , as it still is to the native ...
Pàgina 54
... never witnessed in the most despotic courts of the East . Yet justice is admitted to have been most strictly administered , and property perfectly secure ; as a proof of which , merchants from the most distant country , who died at Mali ...
... never witnessed in the most despotic courts of the East . Yet justice is admitted to have been most strictly administered , and property perfectly secure ; as a proof of which , merchants from the most distant country , who died at Mali ...
Pàgina 58
... never failed to put the question to all the wanderers of the Desert , and to every caravan that came from the interior , —but in vain , the name had never been heard . The Portuguese then besought the natives , at all events , into ...
... never failed to put the question to all the wanderers of the Desert , and to every caravan that came from the interior , —but in vain , the name had never been heard . The Portuguese then besought the natives , at all events , into ...
Pàgina 59
... never fully investigated ; but the king learned the event with deep regret , and , in consequence , gave up his design of building a fort on the Senegal . He made , however , no pause in his indefatigable efforts to trace the abode of ...
... never fully investigated ; but the king learned the event with deep regret , and , in consequence , gave up his design of building a fort on the Senegal . He made , however , no pause in his indefatigable efforts to trace the abode of ...
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afterwards amid ancient animals appeared Arabs arrived attack Badagry banks beautiful Benin birds Boo Khalloom Bornou Boussa Caffres called camels canoe Cape Captain caravan cattle chief chiefly Clapperton coast colony colour continent covered Desert Devil's Peak discovery district earth Europe European expedition extending extremely Eyeo farther feet Fellatas female Fezzan Gambia genus gneiss gold granite ground head Herodotus hills Hope horse immense inhabitants interior island journey Kano king kingdom lake Lake Tchad land Lander Lattakoo length Major Denham miles Morocco mountains natives nearly negro Niger Nubia observed occur ocean Park party passed peculiar plain present prince principal quadrupeds race reached received regions river rocks Rüppell salt sand sandstone scarcely seen Senegal sent sheik shores Sierra Leone slaves soon Southern Africa species stream sultan Timbuctoo tion town travellers trees tribes Tripoli trona vessel village visited voyage whole wild