Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: with Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy, and ZoologyOliver & Boyd, 1830 - 492 pàgines |
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... European Colonization - Cape of Good Hope - Albany Dis- trict - Sierra Leone - Fernando Po - Proposed Settlements on the Niger - Liberia - Early Difficulties - Present Condition of the Colony , .. .................. . .......... 341 ...
... European Colonization - Cape of Good Hope - Albany Dis- trict - Sierra Leone - Fernando Po - Proposed Settlements on the Niger - Liberia - Early Difficulties - Present Condition of the Colony , .. .................. . .......... 341 ...
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... European through this continent more interesting and eventful , more diversified by striking scenes and in- cidents , than in any other quarter of the globe . CHAPTER II . Knowledge of Africa among the Ancients . NATURAL FEATURES OF ...
... European through this continent more interesting and eventful , more diversified by striking scenes and in- cidents , than in any other quarter of the globe . CHAPTER II . Knowledge of Africa among the Ancients . NATURAL FEATURES OF ...
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... Europeans , from ever penetrating deeply beyond the Mediterranean bor- der , yet between it and the measureless ... Europe and Asia , and suffering severely from drought ; yet there were a few spots , as Cinyps and the high tracts of ...
... Europeans , from ever penetrating deeply beyond the Mediterranean bor- der , yet between it and the measureless ... Europe and Asia , and suffering severely from drought ; yet there were a few spots , as Cinyps and the high tracts of ...
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... Europeans vainly sought to reach till they were recently explored by our enterprising countrymen . Of these states Ghana was the most prosperous , forming the great market for gold , in search of which merchants repaired from the ...
... Europeans vainly sought to reach till they were recently explored by our enterprising countrymen . Of these states Ghana was the most prosperous , forming the great market for gold , in search of which merchants repaired from the ...
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... European states . During the reign of its kings , John and Emanuel , it stood pre - eminent in enter- prise and intelligence ; and Prince Henry in particular , a younger son of John I. , devoted all his thoughts to the promotion of ...
... European states . During the reign of its kings , John and Emanuel , it stood pre - eminent in enter- prise and intelligence ; and Prince Henry in particular , a younger son of John I. , devoted all his thoughts to the promotion of ...
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