Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: with Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and ZoologyHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 359 pàgines |
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Pàgina 23
... sand , without a shrub , a blade of grass , or a single object by which human life could be cheered or supported . This appalling boundary , which stopped the victorious career of Cambyses and of Alexan- der , arrested much more easily ...
... sand , without a shrub , a blade of grass , or a single object by which human life could be cheered or supported . This appalling boundary , which stopped the victorious career of Cambyses and of Alexan- der , arrested much more easily ...
Pàgina 27
... sand a certain quantity of goods . The na- tives , hearing them , and seeing the smoke , came down , sur- veyed the deposite , placed beside it a certain portion of gold , the precious article of their traffic , and withdrew . The Car ...
... sand a certain quantity of goods . The na- tives , hearing them , and seeing the smoke , came down , sur- veyed the deposite , placed beside it a certain portion of gold , the precious article of their traffic , and withdrew . The Car ...
Pàgina 28
... sand of which the termination was unknown , and which , instead of any object that could cheer the eye or refresh the senses , swarmed with serpents of huge form and magni- tude , that inflicted instant death on the unwary traveller ...
... sand of which the termination was unknown , and which , instead of any object that could cheer the eye or refresh the senses , swarmed with serpents of huge form and magni- tude , that inflicted instant death on the unwary traveller ...
Pàgina 37
... sand - banks which abound on the coast . The crew were so fortunate , however , as to convey ashore not only the cargo , but the timbers ; out of which Eudoxus , with zeal that nothing could damp , contrived to put toge- ther another ...
... sand - banks which abound on the coast . The crew were so fortunate , however , as to convey ashore not only the cargo , but the timbers ; out of which Eudoxus , with zeal that nothing could damp , contrived to put toge- ther another ...
Pàgina 42
... sand , it is said , whence this precious metal was extracted . As soon as the waters have retired , the inhabitants eagerly dig the ground , and every one finds more or less , " according to the gift of God . " There seems to be some ...
... sand , it is said , whence this precious metal was extracted . As soon as the waters have retired , the inhabitants eagerly dig the ground , and every one finds more or less , " according to the gift of God . " There seems to be some ...
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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 |
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