Inner Africa Laid Open, in an Attempt to Trace the Chief Lines of Communication Across that Continent South of the Equator: With the Routes to the Muropue and the Cazembe, Moenemoezi and Lake Nyassa; the Journeys of the Rev. Dr. Krapf and the Rev. J. Rebmann on the Eastern Coast; and the Discoveries of Messrs. Oswell and Livingstone in the Heart of the Continent |
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... leagues from the great cataract of the Bancári , where it joins the Zaire towards the South , " his translator merely says " six leagues from the falls of the Zaire . There is no ground for supposing that Labat was in these matters ...
... leagues from the great cataract of the Bancári , where it joins the Zaire towards the South , " his translator merely says " six leagues from the falls of the Zaire . There is no ground for supposing that Labat was in these matters ...
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... leagues , is hardly so many miles . But towards the interior , up the Zaire , exaggeration was unchecked . The Anziko , a nation occupying the hills opposite to Sundi , and extending downwards to Emboma below the falls , were placed 200 ...
... leagues , is hardly so many miles . But towards the interior , up the Zaire , exaggeration was unchecked . The Anziko , a nation occupying the hills opposite to Sundi , and extending downwards to Emboma below the falls , were placed 200 ...
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... leagues up the Quanza , or probably less than 100 nautical miles from the sea in a straight line , just above the junction of this river and the Lucála . It is ordinarily reached in six days from Loanda ; five of them up the Quanza ...
... leagues up the Quanza , or probably less than 100 nautical miles from the sea in a straight line , just above the junction of this river and the Lucála . It is ordinarily reached in six days from Loanda ; five of them up the Quanza ...
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... leagues S. by E. from Loanda , and thence ascended to Masingano in twelve or thirteen days . Thence they went up the Lucála to Embáca in seven or eight days , and in as many more reached Pungo Andongo , so that their journey to this ...
... leagues S. by E. from Loanda , and thence ascended to Masingano in twelve or thirteen days . Thence they went up the Lucála to Embáca in seven or eight days , and in as many more reached Pungo Andongo , so that their journey to this ...
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... leagues , or 1660 geographical miles , which exceeds the whole breadth of the continent in the latitude of Angola ! The Portuguese markets or fairs in Angola are inva- riably within a short distance of forts . Unprotected , indeed ...
... leagues , or 1660 geographical miles , which exceeds the whole breadth of the continent in the latitude of Angola ! The Portuguese markets or fairs in Angola are inva- riably within a short distance of forts . Unprotected , indeed ...
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