Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: With Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and ZoologyJ. & J. Harper, 1846 - 359 pàgines |
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... Bornou appears under its old appellation ; and several kingdoms which have since held a conspicuous place are mentioned for the first time , -Casena or Cassina ( Kashna ) , Zegzeg , Zanfara , and Guber . Gago , represented as being four ...
... Bornou appears under its old appellation ; and several kingdoms which have since held a conspicuous place are mentioned for the first time , -Casena or Cassina ( Kashna ) , Zegzeg , Zanfara , and Guber . Gago , represented as being four ...
Pàgina 80
... Bornou and Kashna were the most powerful states in that part of the continent , and formed even empires holding sway over a number of tributary kingdoms ; —a statement at that time correct , though affairs have since greatly changed ...
... Bornou and Kashna were the most powerful states in that part of the continent , and formed even empires holding sway over a number of tributary kingdoms ; —a statement at that time correct , though affairs have since greatly changed ...
Pàgina 112
... Bornou , which is decidedly the most powerful kingdom in Central Africa ; and it was so regarded even before the rise of the Fellatah empire , which has caused , in this respect , a re markable change . The Niger , according to the ...
... Bornou , which is decidedly the most powerful kingdom in Central Africa ; and it was so regarded even before the rise of the Fellatah empire , which has caused , in this respect , a re markable change . The Niger , according to the ...
Pàgina 113
... Bornou occasionally terminated their journey at Mourzouk , again returning south ; by which , at a future period and under more propi- tious circumstances , he hoped to have an opportunity of accomplishing his object . These ...
... Bornou occasionally terminated their journey at Mourzouk , again returning south ; by which , at a future period and under more propi- tious circumstances , he hoped to have an opportunity of accomplishing his object . These ...
Pàgina 125
... Bornou and the other leading states of Central Africa ; and he readily undertook to promote the views of any English expedition which might proceed in that direction . Such an opportunity was not to be lost . The usual means were ...
... Bornou and the other leading states of Central Africa ; and he readily undertook to promote the views of any English expedition which might proceed in that direction . Such an opportunity was not to be lost . The usual means were ...
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