The Kilima-Njaro Expedition: A Record of Scientific Exploration in Eastern Equatorial Africa. And a General Description of the Natural History, Languages, and Commerce of the Kilima-Njaro DistrictK. Paul, Trench, and Company, 1886 - 572 pagini |
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... reaching an altitude of nearly 19,000 feet . It is just possible that in the unknown region stretching between the Victoria Nyanza and Abyssinia loftier peaks may be discovered , or that Mount Kenia , which lies about 200 miles due ...
... reaching an altitude of nearly 19,000 feet . It is just possible that in the unknown region stretching between the Victoria Nyanza and Abyssinia loftier peaks may be discovered , or that Mount Kenia , which lies about 200 miles due ...
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... of things - perpetual snow under the Equator - was only to be met with elsewhere in Central and South America , no mountains in other parts of the tropics reaching to the snow - line . In all cases lofty ranges B 2 INTRODUCTORY .
... of things - perpetual snow under the Equator - was only to be met with elsewhere in Central and South America , no mountains in other parts of the tropics reaching to the snow - line . In all cases lofty ranges B 2 INTRODUCTORY .
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... , it would indeed be curious if no rumours of the existence of such a mighty object of wonder ever reached the ears of the Portuguese . 2 Enciso , a Spanish writer of the sixteenth century 6 THE KILIMA - NJARO EXPEDITION .
... , it would indeed be curious if no rumours of the existence of such a mighty object of wonder ever reached the ears of the Portuguese . 2 Enciso , a Spanish writer of the sixteenth century 6 THE KILIMA - NJARO EXPEDITION .
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... reaching an altitude of about 14,500 feet . He spent the month of August on the mountain , but did not go over much new ground . Encouraged by his pleasant experiences during this trip and filled with a craving for further exploits in ...
... reaching an altitude of about 14,500 feet . He spent the month of August on the mountain , but did not go over much new ground . Encouraged by his pleasant experiences during this trip and filled with a craving for further exploits in ...
Pagina 11
... reached Mombasa . I have an impression from what Mandara himself has told me , that his animosity and rapacity were aroused with respect to New by the latter's too vehement and perhaps inju- dicious harangues against slavery . Mandara ...
... reached Mombasa . I have an impression from what Mandara himself has told me , that his animosity and rapacity were aroused with respect to New by the latter's too vehement and perhaps inju- dicious harangues against slavery . Mandara ...
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The Kilima-Njaro Expedition: A Record of Scientific Exploration in Eastern ... Harry Johnston Vizualizare completă - 1886 |
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40-60 miles inland Africa antelope Arab arrived banana Bantu languages Bari birds Čaga caravan Cheaper Edition chief cloth coast colour common Demy 8vo Dinka district Eastern elytra English feet Fischer forest Galla goats grass green hartebeest hill Hochst Illustrations inhabitants Johnstoni journey Ki-čaga Ki-gweno Ki-taveita Kibô Kilima Kilima-njaro Kimawenzi Kiongwe Kitimbiriu Kwavi Lake Jipé Large crown 8vo Latuka looked Lumi Madaraz Mandara Maranu Masai masc Maungu Méru Mombasa Moąi mountain natives nearly Neotragus night njaro nouns Oliv ostrich plains Plur plural Poems prefix present pronouns race river round Ruvu Sayyid Second Edition settlement Sing Sir John Kirk skin slopes Small crown 8vo snow soldiers species specimens stream Sultan Swahili Taita Taveita Third Edition tongues trade trees tribes verb vicinity Victoria Nyanza vide vols Wa-čaga Wa-kibôąo Wa-kwavi Wa-taveita White Nile word Zanzibar Zeitschr
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Pagina 21 - FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. Designed to Cultivate the Observing Powers of Children. With 300 Engravings, New and Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo.
Pagina 1 - THE PRINCIPLES OF MENTAL PHYSIOLOGY. With their Applications to the Training and Discipline of the Mind, and the Study of its Morbid Conditions.
Pagina 11 - MARKHAM, Capt. Albert Hastings, RN— The Great Frozen Sea : A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the Alert during the Arctic Expedition of 1875-6.
Pagina 16 - CHEYNE, MA With Homilies by Rev. Prof. JR THOMSON, MA, Rev. WF ADENEY, MA, Rev. AF MUIR, MA, Rev. S.
Pagina 22 - VII. Animal Locomotion ; or Walking, Swimming, and Flying. By JB Pettigrew, MD, FRS, etc.
Pagina 22 - XXIII. Studies in Spectrum Analysis. By J. Norman Lockyer, FRS With six photographic Illustrations of Spectra, and numerous engravings on Wood.
Pagina 17 - Expository Lectures on St. Paul's Epistles to the Corinthians. A New Edition. Small crown 8vo, $s. Lectures and Addresses, with other Literary Remains. A New Edition. Crown 8vo, 5*. An Analysis of Mr. Tennyson's
Pagina 5 - Commodore JG— Memoir of, with Extracts from his Letters and Journals. Edited by his Widow.
Pagina 22 - XVIII. The Nature of Light: With a General Account of Physical Optics.
Pagina 2 - Is. The Childhood of Religions. Including a Simple Account of the Birth and Growth of Myths and Legends.