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 - 503 pàgines |
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... miles in the interior . When the ambassa- dors were introduced , a silk curtain shrouded the monarch from their view , till the moment of their departure , when the royal foot was graciously put forth from under the vail , and ...
... miles in the interior . When the ambassa- dors were introduced , a silk curtain shrouded the monarch from their view , till the moment of their departure , when the royal foot was graciously put forth from under the vail , and ...
Pàgina 67
... mile and a half , till they found a deeper channel . The English now beheld an entirely new world , and a new aspect of nature . On every side there were immense forests of unknown trees , while both the land and the water were ...
... mile and a half , till they found a deeper channel . The English now beheld an entirely new world , and a new aspect of nature . On every side there were immense forests of unknown trees , while both the land and the water were ...
Pàgina 71
... miles ; but Europeans had formed as yet no adequate idea of the dimensions of Africa . At length the stream became so shallow that Jobson found it in vain to attempt ascending higher . He began his voyage downward on the 10th February ...
... miles ; but Europeans had formed as yet no adequate idea of the dimensions of Africa . At length the stream became so shallow that Jobson found it in vain to attempt ascending higher . He began his voyage downward on the 10th February ...
Pàgina 74
... English settlement , about thirty miles from the mouth of the river , whence he immediately wrote to Mr Willy , the governor , who happened to be then vi- siting the factory of Joar , more than a hundred 74 EARLY ENGLISH DISCOVERIES .
... English settlement , about thirty miles from the mouth of the river , whence he immediately wrote to Mr Willy , the governor , who happened to be then vi- siting the factory of Joar , more than a hundred 74 EARLY ENGLISH DISCOVERIES .
Pàgina 75
... miles distant , asking him to engage canoes . He received for answer , that there were none to be had , and was al- most distracted to learn that Mr Willy was giving himself no concern about the affair . Some days af- ter , however , a ...
... miles distant , asking him to engage canoes . He received for answer , that there were none to be had , and was al- most distracted to learn that Mr Willy was giving himself no concern about the affair . Some days af- ter , however , a ...
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