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 13
... Tribes - Natives- Agriculture - Manufactures - Internal Trade - Exports and Imports between Great Britain and Western Africa- Domestic Accommodation - Intellectual Character - Super- stitions - War and Slavery - Amiable Features - Forms ...
... Tribes - Natives- Agriculture - Manufactures - Internal Trade - Exports and Imports between Great Britain and Western Africa- Domestic Accommodation - Intellectual Character - Super- stitions - War and Slavery - Amiable Features - Forms ...
Pàgina 15
... Insects - Goliathus , & c . - Paussus - Man- tis - Locusts - Butterfly Tribe - Bees - Scorpions - Centipedes -Zoophytes - Coral - Sponge - Guinea Worm ,. .455 ENGRAVINGS . MAP of Africa , .. VIGNETTE - Caravan CONTENTS . 15.
... Insects - Goliathus , & c . - Paussus - Man- tis - Locusts - Butterfly Tribe - Bees - Scorpions - Centipedes -Zoophytes - Coral - Sponge - Guinea Worm ,. .455 ENGRAVINGS . MAP of Africa , .. VIGNETTE - Caravan CONTENTS . 15.
Pàgina 22
... tribes exist in large and formidable numbers , and there is scarcely a tract which they do not either hold in full possession , or fiercely dispute with man . Even the most densely - peopled countries border on wide forests and wastes ...
... tribes exist in large and formidable numbers , and there is scarcely a tract which they do not either hold in full possession , or fiercely dispute with man . Even the most densely - peopled countries border on wide forests and wastes ...
Pàgina 25
... tribes in particular , through the action of the sun on the swampy land , rise up in terrible and destructive numbers . They fill the air and darken the sky ; they annihilate the labour of nations ; they drive even armies before them ...
... tribes in particular , through the action of the sun on the swampy land , rise up in terrible and destructive numbers . They fill the air and darken the sky ; they annihilate the labour of nations ; they drive even armies before them ...
Pàgina 29
... tribes , who exhibited human nature under its rudest and most repulsive forms . On his ad- vancing somewhat farther , there appeared a barrier at once vast and appalling , -endless plains of moving sand , without a shrub , a blade of ...
... tribes , who exhibited human nature under its rudest and most repulsive forms . On his ad- vancing somewhat farther , there appeared a barrier at once vast and appalling , -endless plains of moving sand , without a shrub , a blade of ...
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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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