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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... shores , and to round her stormy capes , have tried the courage and constancy of the greatest navigators . Could Africa cease to exist , great facilities would be afforded to the communication between the other continents , and many new ...
... shores , and to round her stormy capes , have tried the courage and constancy of the greatest navigators . Could Africa cease to exist , great facilities would be afforded to the communication between the other continents , and many new ...
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... shores , Northern Africa held in their view no inconsiderable importance . This region , now covered with thick darkness , and left so far behind in all the arts and attainments which exalt and adorn human nature , had at that early ...
... shores , Northern Africa held in their view no inconsiderable importance . This region , now covered with thick darkness , and left so far behind in all the arts and attainments which exalt and adorn human nature , had at that early ...
Pàgina 33
... shore , kindled a fire , uttered loud cries , and laid on the sand a certain quantity of goods . The natives hearing them , and seeing the smoke , came down , surveyed the deposite , placed beside it a certain portion of gold , the most ...
... shore , kindled a fire , uttered loud cries , and laid on the sand a certain quantity of goods . The natives hearing them , and seeing the smoke , came down , surveyed the deposite , placed beside it a certain portion of gold , the most ...
Pàgina 37
... shores as existing in a state of extreme barbarity and wretchedness . They are classed by Diodorus and Strabo , according to the miserable food on which they usually subsisted ; some as eaters of fish , of elephants , and of turtles ...
... shores as existing in a state of extreme barbarity and wretchedness . They are classed by Diodorus and Strabo , according to the miserable food on which they usually subsisted ; some as eaters of fish , of elephants , and of turtles ...
Pàgina 38
... shore , but extended a very short distance inland ; being bounded on each side by two unknown coasts , which stretched so far that it was not possible to conjecture their termination . Two tempestuous oceans , a desert the most dreary ...
... shore , but extended a very short distance inland ; being bounded on each side by two unknown coasts , which stretched so far that it was not possible to conjecture their termination . Two tempestuous oceans , a desert the most dreary ...
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Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1830 |
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