Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: with Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and Zoology, Volum 1844Oliver & Boyd, 1899 - 472 pàgines |
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... English Discoveries . Decline of Portuguese Maritime Power - Company formed in England to explore the Gambia ... English nations , whose turn it was to take the lead in European affairs , pressed eagerly forward 639 EARLY ENGLISH ...
... English Discoveries . Decline of Portuguese Maritime Power - Company formed in England to explore the Gambia ... English nations , whose turn it was to take the lead in European affairs , pressed eagerly forward 639 EARLY ENGLISH ...
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... English at the court of Tenda . On reaching the king's presence , they witnessed an example of the debasing homage usually paid to negro princes , and of which Clapperton , in Eyeo , afterwards saw several striking instances . The great ...
... English at the court of Tenda . On reaching the king's presence , they witnessed an example of the debasing homage usually paid to negro princes , and of which Clapperton , in Eyeo , afterwards saw several striking instances . The great ...
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... English journal named above , the only authentic source of information respecting the proceed- ings of that unfortunate traveller . Though disposed , on these grounds , to consider Caillie's expedition as real , we regard it ...
... English journal named above , the only authentic source of information respecting the proceed- ings of that unfortunate traveller . Though disposed , on these grounds , to consider Caillie's expedition as real , we regard it ...
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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 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 king kingdom lake Lake Tchad land Lander length Major Denham miles Morocco mountains natives nearly negro Niger Nubia observed occur ocean Park party passed peculiar plain present prince principal proceeded 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 traveller trees tribes Tripoli trona Tuaricks vessel village visited voyage Wawa whole wild