New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 - Voyages and travels |
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Page 88
... principal are those of El - Azhar , which is a sort of university to Cairo , and to which youth repair from all parts of Asia and Africa , to learn the Oriental tongues , and the other that of Sultan Hasan . Thebes or Diospolis . The ...
... principal are those of El - Azhar , which is a sort of university to Cairo , and to which youth repair from all parts of Asia and Africa , to learn the Oriental tongues , and the other that of Sultan Hasan . Thebes or Diospolis . The ...
Page 89
... principal volcano , at present , is the mountain Krafte , which is ever emitting smoke and lava . Hekla , at the time of our stay there , was in a state of repose , but it has had new eruptions since . Hot - springs and fountains are ...
... principal volcano , at present , is the mountain Krafte , which is ever emitting smoke and lava . Hekla , at the time of our stay there , was in a state of repose , but it has had new eruptions since . Hot - springs and fountains are ...
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... principal houses for immediate distribution . They chew areca and betel , like the Asiatics , and offer it to strangers as we do snuff ; this cus- tom , I believe , is not general in the other African islands , or on the continent ...
... principal houses for immediate distribution . They chew areca and betel , like the Asiatics , and offer it to strangers as we do snuff ; this cus- tom , I believe , is not general in the other African islands , or on the continent ...
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taining a particular Account of the Icebergs and other Phenomena which | |
Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Henderick Portenger | 1 |
Travels of M Burckhardt in Egypt and Nubia | 1 |
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