Lake Victoria: A Narrative of Explorations in Search of the Source of the Nile. Comp. from the Memoirs of Captains Speke and GrantW. Blackwood and Sons, 1868 - 342 páginas |
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... head of the lake , and see whether the river Speke heard of , but did not see there , really exists - whether , if exist- ing , it flows into or out of the lake , and whether there is any communication between the Tanganyika , by it or ...
... head of the lake , and see whether the river Speke heard of , but did not see there , really exists - whether , if exist- ing , it flows into or out of the lake , and whether there is any communication between the Tanganyika , by it or ...
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... head in a sort of chignon , while the virgins wear theirs loose , plaited in small plaits of three , which being parted in the centre , the hair falls evenly round the head like a well- arranged mop . They have a coquettish trick , when ...
... head in a sort of chignon , while the virgins wear theirs loose , plaited in small plaits of three , which being parted in the centre , the hair falls evenly round the head like a well- arranged mop . They have a coquettish trick , when ...
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... head of each clan is called the Gerad or sultan , who would have but little power were he not sup- ported by the joint influence of all the royal family . On weighty occasions the sultan assembles his elders in par- liament , and ...
... head of each clan is called the Gerad or sultan , who would have but little power were he not sup- ported by the joint influence of all the royal family . On weighty occasions the sultan assembles his elders in par- liament , and ...
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... head , small eyes , squat nose , and prominent muzzle , with sharp - pointed teeth , in imitation of a crocodile . According to his own account , he was kidnapped when a child on the Zanzibar coast by the captain of an Arab vessel , who ...
... head , small eyes , squat nose , and prominent muzzle , with sharp - pointed teeth , in imitation of a crocodile . According to his own account , he was kidnapped when a child on the Zanzibar coast by the captain of an Arab vessel , who ...
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... head . At dawn on the 4th of December 1854 , they set out to clamber over the range to the first watering - place in the interior . It was a double march , very stiff for the camels . In front lay an easily traversed , densely wooded ...
... head . At dawn on the 4th of December 1854 , they set out to clamber over the range to the first watering - place in the interior . It was a double march , very stiff for the camels . In front lay an easily traversed , densely wooded ...
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Lake Victoria: A Narrative of Explorations in Search of the Source of the ... George Carless Swayne,John Hanning Speke Visualização integral - 1868 |
Lake Victoria: A Narrative of Explorations in Search of the Source of the ... George Carless Swayne,John Hanning Speke Visualização integral - 1868 |
Lake Victoria: A Narrative of Explorations in Search of the Source of the Nile George Carless Swayne Pré-visualização indisponível - 2015 |
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antelope appeared Arabs arms arrived beads beautiful Beluches Berbera birds boats Bombay brought Budja buffaloes called camp canoe caravan cattle chief cloth coast colour court covered cows Crown 8vo Dagara dressed drums Edition elephants escort expedition Fcap feet Gani gave goats Gondokoro grass hands hartebeest head heard hills hippopotami horn huts journey Kamrasi Karagué Karuma Falls Kazé Kidi killed king of Uganda king's Kingani Kitangulé lake land looked Manua mbugu miles Mtésa natives night Nile officers palace party passed Petherick plantain pombé porters present rhinoceros river round royal Rumanika Seedis seemed seen sent shot side skin Somali spears Speke Speke and Grant sultan Suwarora tion took trees Uganda Ugogo Ujiji Unyamuézi Unyanyembé Unyoro Usui valley Victoria Nyanza village vols Waganda Wahuma Wakungu walked Wanguana Wanyoro Watusi white rhinoceros women wore Zanzibar
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