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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... direction , could the learned agree where that town was situated ; but all the names being changed , and no observations of latitude having been made , it is difficult to fix the positions with certainty . Rhapta , according to Gosselin ...
... direction , could the learned agree where that town was situated ; but all the names being changed , and no observations of latitude having been made , it is difficult to fix the positions with certainty . Rhapta , according to Gosselin ...
Pàgina 282
... direction , and fell into the lake , which was at no great distance . Afterwards , in visiting Old Birnie and Gambarou , he saw it repeatedly , and describes it always as flowing eastward , sometimes with rapidity . The supposition that ...
... direction , and fell into the lake , which was at no great distance . Afterwards , in visiting Old Birnie and Gambarou , he saw it repeatedly , and describes it always as flowing eastward , sometimes with rapidity . The supposition that ...
Pàgina 376
... direction have made their appearance from below at the same time . Thus the Py- renees and Apennines , the mountains of Dalmatia and Croatia , and the Carpathians , which belong to the same system , -as may be deduced from the ...
... direction have made their appearance from below at the same time . Thus the Py- renees and Apennines , the mountains of Dalmatia and Croatia , and the Carpathians , which belong to the same system , -as may be deduced from the ...
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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