Narrative of an Exploring Voyage Up the Rivers Kwóra and Bínue: (commonly Known as the Niger and Tsádda) in 1854. With a Map and Appendices. Pub. with the Sanction of Her Majesty's Government. By William Balfour BaikieJ. Murray, 1856 - 456 Seiten |
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... taken a most lively interest in everything tending to improve or benefit this region , was on these accounts , as well as on that of his great general experience and foresight , the very person best suited for planning and giving effect ...
... taken a most lively interest in everything tending to improve or benefit this region , was on these accounts , as well as on that of his great general experience and foresight , the very person best suited for planning and giving effect ...
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... taken place about ten days previously . Mr. Beecroft's health since his nomination as leader of the expedition had been very indifferent , and had latterly failed so rapidly and to such an extent , that he determined at once to proceed ...
... taken place about ten days previously . Mr. Beecroft's health since his nomination as leader of the expedition had been very indifferent , and had latterly failed so rapidly and to such an extent , that he determined at once to proceed ...
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... taken by a violent tornado . The rain descended in torrents , while the thunder reverberated in awful solemnity from the rugged chasms and frightful precipices above us . About four in the afternoon we reached Fernando Po , and rounding ...
... taken by a violent tornado . The rain descended in torrents , while the thunder reverberated in awful solemnity from the rugged chasms and frightful precipices above us . About four in the afternoon we reached Fernando Po , and rounding ...
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... taken place in Yoruba , his native land , in which but a few years ago was nothing but warfare and bloodshed , while now they were cultivating peaceful arts . Tshúkuma replied that he only wished to see the day when this would take ...
... taken place in Yoruba , his native land , in which but a few years ago was nothing but warfare and bloodshed , while now they were cultivating peaceful arts . Tshúkuma replied that he only wished to see the day when this would take ...
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... taken up their temporary abode on this little islet , on which they had been residing for three months . The encampment bore every mark of having been constructed in great haste , the huts being composed of dry sticks and reeds , yet ...
... taken up their temporary abode on this little islet , on which they had been residing for three months . The encampment bore every mark of having been constructed in great haste , the huts being composed of dry sticks and reeds , yet ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
A'boko's Abó African afternoon Alihéli anchored Andony appearance ashore Attá bank Bássa Beecroft Bíni Bínue boat Bonny Bornú brass called Cameroon canoes chief chiefly coast Confluence cowries creek Crowther dialect Djúku Dóma eastward expedition Fcap feet Fernando Fernando Po Formoso Fulátas gave ground Gúrowa Hamarúwa Hausa Hutchinson huts I'gbira I'gbo Iddá Igára Igbégbe Igbo inhabitants Island Isuáma ivory journey Kalabár Keána King Korórofa Krú Krúmen Kwóra Lagos landed language look Macgregor Laird mark meridian altitude miles Mítshi morning named natives nearly night numerous Núpe o'clock O'jogo observations Orú palm-oil Pánda Páro party passed Pleiad Post 8vo present preter Púlo reached river Second Edition sent ship shore side Sierra Leone slaves steam supercargo Third Edition told town trade trees tribes Tshúkuma village Vols voyage wood Woodcuts Wukári yams Yoruba Zhibú Zúri
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 5 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.
Seite 25 - History of Latin Christianity ; including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicholas V.
Seite 6 - BUNBURY'S (CJF) Journal of a Residence at the Cape of Good Hope; with Excursions into the Interior, and Notes on the Natural History and Native Tribes of the Country.
Seite 8 - Life and Times of Titian, with some Account of hig Family, chiefly from new and unpublished records. With Portrait and Illustrations. 2 vols. Svo. 42s. GUMMING (R. GORDON). Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa.
Seite 11 - Handbook of Architecture. Being a Concise and Popular Account of the Different Styles prevailing in all Ages and Countries in the World. With a Description of the most remarkable Buildings.
Seite 31 - VAUX'S (WSW) Handbook to the Antiquities in the British Museum ; being a Description of the Remains of Greek, Assyrian. Egyptian, and Etruscan Art preserved there. With 300 Woodcuts. Post 8vo.
Seite 14 - HAMPDEN'S (BISHOP) Essay on the Philosophical Evidence of Christianity, or the Credibility obtained to a Scripture Revelation from its Coincidence with the Facts of Nature.
Seite 12 - BUTTMAN'S LEXILOGUS ; or, a Critical Examination of the Meaning and Etymology of numerous Greek Words and Passages, intended principally for Homer and Hesiod. Translated, and edited, with Explanatory Notes and copious Indexes, by REV.
Seite 29 - HISTORY OF ROME; from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire. By DEAN LIDDELL.
Seite 29 - School History of Greece ; from the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest, with Supplementary Chapters on the History of Literature and Art.