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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Pàgina 36
... soon turned towards another object by the arrival of a native of India , whom one of the king's vessels had saved from shipwreck , and who offered to act as pilot in leading Eudoxus to that opu- lent and celebrated region . The latter ...
... soon turned towards another object by the arrival of a native of India , whom one of the king's vessels had saved from shipwreck , and who offered to act as pilot in leading Eudoxus to that opu- lent and celebrated region . The latter ...
Pàgina 42
... 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 confusion of ideas about this country and its golden products . A ...
... 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 confusion of ideas about this country and its golden products . A ...
Pàgina 48
... travellers from Eastern Asia , where it had been applied to some Nestorian bishop , who held there a species of sovereignty ; and as soon as ru- mours arrived of the Christian king of Abyssinia , he 48 PORTUGUESE DISCOVERIES .
... travellers from Eastern Asia , where it had been applied to some Nestorian bishop , who held there a species of sovereignty ; and as soon as ru- mours arrived of the Christian king of Abyssinia , he 48 PORTUGUESE DISCOVERIES .
Pàgina 53
... soon began very conscientiously , and perhaps in rather too hasty and peremptory a manner , to enforce . Appalled by the host of wives that surrounded every Afri- can prince or chief , who fulfilled for him every purpose of state and ...
... soon began very conscientiously , and perhaps in rather too hasty and peremptory a manner , to enforce . Appalled by the host of wives that surrounded every Afri- can prince or chief , who fulfilled for him every purpose of state and ...
Pàgina 59
... soon arrived at Kassan . The Portu guese inhabitants in general had fled before his arrival , while the few who remained professed , in respect to Hector Nunez and the massacre of the English crew , an ignorance , and even a horror ...
... soon arrived at Kassan . The Portu guese inhabitants in general had fled before his arrival , while the few who remained professed , in respect to Hector Nunez and the massacre of the English crew , an ignorance , and even a horror ...
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