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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... passed through every variety of suffering , by which the strength and fortitude of man can be tried . The interval , short as it is , which has elapsed since the first appearance of this work , has afforded the means of adding ...
... passed through every variety of suffering , by which the strength and fortitude of man can be tried . The interval , short as it is , which has elapsed since the first appearance of this work , has afforded the means of adding ...
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... passed , has in like manner afforded ample materials for a distinct volume ; and the same plan has been followed with re- spect to the extensive countries of Nubia and Abyssinia . So varied are the subjects introduced into this work ...
... passed , has in like manner afforded ample materials for a distinct volume ; and the same plan has been followed with re- spect to the extensive countries of Nubia and Abyssinia . So varied are the subjects introduced into this work ...
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... passed round the trunk . Branches , extending horizontally , each equal to a large tree , make the baobab a forest as it were in itself . The mangrove , too , which rises on the borders of rivers or inundated spots , diffuses itself in ...
... passed round the trunk . Branches , extending horizontally , each equal to a large tree , make the baobab a forest as it were in itself . The mangrove , too , which rises on the borders of rivers or inundated spots , diffuses itself in ...
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... passed through many ages of alternate splendour and slavery , was also at length included in the extended dominion of the Cæsars . Yet , though all Northern Africa thus merged into a province of the Roman world , it was still an opu ...
... passed through many ages of alternate splendour and slavery , was also at length included in the extended dominion of the Cæsars . Yet , though all Northern Africa thus merged into a province of the Roman world , it was still an opu ...
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... passed the Isthmus of Suez , and carried their victorious arms into Syria and Asia Minor . What foundation there may be in fact for this story of the western Amazons it is not easy to conjecture ; but the Tuaricks , a numerous race ...
... passed the Isthmus of Suez , and carried their victorious arms into Syria and Asia Minor . What foundation there may be in fact for this story of the western Amazons it is not easy to conjecture ; but the Tuaricks , a numerous race ...
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