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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... length been disclosed , having been accompanied with arduous labours , and achieved in the face of the most formidable obstacles , presents a succession of striking incidents , as well as of new and remarkable objects . Nor can our ...
... length been disclosed , having been accompanied with arduous labours , and achieved in the face of the most formidable obstacles , presents a succession of striking incidents , as well as of new and remarkable objects . Nor can our ...
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... length . The opportunity has also been taken to bring down to the present date the accounts of the British settlements at Sierra Leone , the Gold Coast , and the Cape of Good Hope ; and from recent materials a full description has been ...
... length . The opportunity has also been taken to bring down to the present date the accounts of the British settlements at Sierra Leone , the Gold Coast , and the Cape of Good Hope ; and from recent materials a full description has been ...
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... length , cover a much greater surface , and thus create fertility in the plains which intervene between their bases and the ocean . But the larger of the African rivers , directing their course through a vast extent of low land , reach ...
... length , cover a much greater surface , and thus create fertility in the plains which intervene between their bases and the ocean . But the larger of the African rivers , directing their course through a vast extent of low land , reach ...
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... more conspicuous and peculiar characteristics of African zoology . The subject is treated at greater length in a subsequent part of this volume . interior , disputing with the lion the rank of sovereign 22 GENERAL VIEW OF THE 22.
... more conspicuous and peculiar characteristics of African zoology . The subject is treated at greater length in a subsequent part of this volume . interior , disputing with the lion the rank of sovereign 22 GENERAL VIEW OF THE 22.
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... face , and arms of not greatly dispropor- tioned length , it displays in every particular a deformed resemblance to the lord of the creation . It seems even to make a nearer approach than any other animal to 24 GENERAL VIEW OF THE.
... face , and arms of not greatly dispropor- tioned length , it displays in every particular a deformed resemblance to the lord of the creation . It seems even to make a nearer approach than any other animal to 24 GENERAL VIEW OF THE.
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