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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... species of danger , and 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 ...
... species of danger , and 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 ...
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... Species - Remarks on the Distribution of Insects - Goliathus , & c . - Paussus - Man- tis - Locusts - Butterfly Tribe - Bees - Scorpions - Centipedes -Zoophytes - Coral - Sponge - Guinea Worm ,. .455 ENGRAVINGS . MAP of Africa ...
... Species - Remarks on the Distribution of Insects - Goliathus , & c . - Paussus - Man- tis - Locusts - Butterfly Tribe - Bees - Scorpions - Centipedes -Zoophytes - Coral - Sponge - Guinea Worm ,. .455 ENGRAVINGS . MAP of Africa ...
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... species of natural arcade . Nor do these mighty trees stand alone , but have their interstices filled up by numberless shrubs , canes , creeping and parasitical plants , which intersect and entwine with each other till they form a thick ...
... species of natural arcade . Nor do these mighty trees stand alone , but have their interstices filled up by numberless shrubs , canes , creeping and parasitical plants , which intersect and entwine with each other till they form a thick ...
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... species , by whose spoil he may be enriched . The lion , that king of the desert , and mightiest among the tribes which have the wilderness for their abode , abounds in Africa , and causes all her forests to re - echo his midnight roar ...
... species , by whose spoil he may be enriched . The lion , that king of the desert , and mightiest among the tribes which have the wilderness for their abode , abounds in Africa , and causes all her forests to re - echo his midnight roar ...
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... species , all swift , with bright eyes , erect and usually elegant figures , -preying neither on men nor the other animals , but pursued by most on account of the delicate food which they afford . Here , too , roams the zebra , with its ...
... species , all swift , with bright eyes , erect and usually elegant figures , -preying neither on men nor the other animals , but pursued by most on account of the delicate food which they afford . Here , too , roams the zebra , with its ...
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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 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1846 |
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ... Robert Jameson,James Wilson,Hugh Murray Visualització completa - 1836 |
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