The Great Sahara: Wanderings South of the Atlas MountainsJ. Murray, 1860 - 435 páginas |
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... distance forbade it . Malta and Malaga possessed but few attractions for one whose favourite . recreation was natural history . Algiers presented the advantages of easy access from Marseilles , of French conveniences , and of a climate ...
... distance forbade it . Malta and Malaga possessed but few attractions for one whose favourite . recreation was natural history . Algiers presented the advantages of easy access from Marseilles , of French conveniences , and of a climate ...
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... distance beyond , and the peaks of the Djudjura , the last stronghold of the Kabyles , behind them , capped with snow . We were on the spot where on 27th October , 1586 , the Emperor Charles V. made his last celebrated but unsuccessful ...
... distance beyond , and the peaks of the Djudjura , the last stronghold of the Kabyles , behind them , capped with snow . We were on the spot where on 27th October , 1586 , the Emperor Charles V. made his last celebrated but unsuccessful ...
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... distance bearing a striking resemblance to the old Latin cities fringing the Italian plain . It is not , however , so desolate solitary farmhouses and villages occur from time to time . We spent a day at Bouffarick , much vaunted by the ...
... distance bearing a striking resemblance to the old Latin cities fringing the Italian plain . It is not , however , so desolate solitary farmhouses and villages occur from time to time . We spent a day at Bouffarick , much vaunted by the ...
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... distance of several miles . Here on April 18 , 1842 , twenty - two soldiers commanded by a sergeant resisted the onslaught of 300 Arabs , and after a des- perate resistance were all left for dead . A surgeon who accidentally was with ...
... distance of several miles . Here on April 18 , 1842 , twenty - two soldiers commanded by a sergeant resisted the onslaught of 300 Arabs , and after a des- perate resistance were all left for dead . A surgeon who accidentally was with ...
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... distance to the south . The highest peak of the Atlas in the neighbourhood is the Col de Mouzaïa , where are some copper - mines worked with profit , which we visited . The ore , owing to the scarcity of fuel , is not smelted on the ...
... distance to the south . The highest peak of the Atlas in the neighbourhood is the Col de Mouzaïa , where are some copper - mines worked with profit , which we visited . The ore , owing to the scarcity of fuel , is not smelted on the ...
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