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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... expedition of Gama . On the other side , Major Rennel urges , that , immense as this voyage was , it was entirely along a coast of which the navigators never required to lose sight even for a day ; that their small barks were well ...
... expedition of Gama . On the other side , Major Rennel urges , that , immense as this voyage was , it was entirely along a coast of which the navigators never required to lose sight even for a day ; that their small barks were well ...
Pàgina 33
... expedition had its origin in the country of the Nasamones , whom we have already mentioned as occupy- ing the district southward of Cyrene . Five young men of distinction formed themselves into an African association , personally to ...
... expedition had its origin in the country of the Nasamones , whom we have already mentioned as occupy- ing the district southward of Cyrene . Five young men of distinction formed themselves into an African association , personally to ...
Pàgina 34
... expedition on record was made under less pleasing auspices . Sataspes , a Persian nobleman , had been condemned by Xerxes to crucifixion , on account of some crime of which he had been guilty ; but his mother , by earnest entreaty ...
... expedition on record was made under less pleasing auspices . Sataspes , a Persian nobleman , had been condemned by Xerxes to crucifixion , on account of some crime of which he had been guilty ; but his mother , by earnest entreaty ...
Pàgina 36
... expedition to trace the upper course and fountain of the Nile was at one time contem- plated . But the spirit of adventure was soon turned towards another object by the arrival of a native of India , whom one of the king's vessels had ...
... expedition to trace the upper course and fountain of the Nile was at one time contem- plated . But the spirit of adventure was soon turned towards another object by the arrival of a native of India , whom one of the king's vessels had ...
Pàgina 37
... his reluc- tance to royal patronage . He sought the precarious aid of Bocchus , king of Mauritania , who received him well , and D ordered an expedition to be prepared ; but Eudoxus was ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA . 37.
... his reluc- tance to royal patronage . He sought the precarious aid of Bocchus , king of Mauritania , who received him well , and D ordered an expedition to be prepared ; but Eudoxus was ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA . 37.
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