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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Pàgina 36
... mentioned and strongly supported by Agatharchides , who wrote a learned work on the Red Sea ; which , however , was far from attaining the favourable reception that it merited . The name of Ethiopia was usually applied by the ancients ...
... mentioned and strongly supported by Agatharchides , who wrote a learned work on the Red Sea ; which , however , was far from attaining the favourable reception that it merited . The name of Ethiopia was usually applied by the ancients ...
Pàgina 40
... mentioned as occupying the district southward of Cyrene . Five young men of distinction formed themselves into an African association , personally to explore what was unknown in the vast interior of their continent . They passed first ...
... mentioned as occupying the district southward of Cyrene . Five young men of distinction formed themselves into an African association , personally to explore what was unknown in the vast interior of their continent . They passed first ...
Pàgina 49
... received gold and ornaments . Mention is made of the cotton cloths which still form the staple manufacture . Tocrur appears evidently to be Sackatoo or Soccatoo , now the capital of an empire which SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS . 49.
... received gold and ornaments . Mention is made of the cotton cloths which still form the staple manufacture . Tocrur appears evidently to be Sackatoo or Soccatoo , now the capital of an empire which SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS . 49.
Pàgina 50
... In the mountainous countries to the south - west this metal is still collected abundantly , in the very manner mentioned by the Arabian writers . The whole range of Alpine territory to the southward of 50 SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS .
... In the mountainous countries to the south - west this metal is still collected abundantly , in the very manner mentioned by the Arabian writers . The whole range of Alpine territory to the southward of 50 SETTLEMENTS OF THE ARABS .
Pàgina 51
... mention the Island of Ulil , whence were brought great quantities of salt , an article in con- stant demand throughout Soudan . Though called an island , it was probably Walet , the great interior market for that mineral ; but all the ...
... mention the Island of Ulil , whence were brought great quantities of salt , an article in con- stant demand throughout Soudan . Though called an island , it was probably Walet , the great interior market for that mineral ; but all the ...
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