The New Standard History of the World: A General History of All the Nations of the Globe ...L. Brent Vaughan M.A. Donohue & Company, 1908 - World history |
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... expedition sent by Sankhara of the eleventh ( Theban ) dynasty to the land of Punt ( Somaliland ) , as recorded on the Wady Hammamat inscrip- tion ( 2400 B. C. ) , and after a lapse of over 4,200 years , this work of exploration was ...
... expedition sent by Sankhara of the eleventh ( Theban ) dynasty to the land of Punt ( Somaliland ) , as recorded on the Wady Hammamat inscrip- tion ( 2400 B. C. ) , and after a lapse of over 4,200 years , this work of exploration was ...
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... expedition , undertaken by Speke and Grant in the end of 1860 , penetrated as far north as Gondokoro on the White Nile , and added vastly to our knowledge of the eastern equatorial regions of Africa . At Gondokoro , Speke and Grant were ...
... expedition , undertaken by Speke and Grant in the end of 1860 , penetrated as far north as Gondokoro on the White Nile , and added vastly to our knowledge of the eastern equatorial regions of Africa . At Gondokoro , Speke and Grant were ...
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... expedition was on its way up the Congo to rescue him . The intricate water system south of the Middle Congo has also been unraveled , especially by Pogge , Wissmann , and Ludwig Wolf ( 1881-86 ) , who have made it evident that the ...
... expedition was on its way up the Congo to rescue him . The intricate water system south of the Middle Congo has also been unraveled , especially by Pogge , Wissmann , and Ludwig Wolf ( 1881-86 ) , who have made it evident that the ...
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... expeditions between 1877-86 . The Alima , supposed to be one of its head streams , has been followed to the right ... expedition under Major Marchand reaching Fashoda on the Upper Nile in the summer of 1898. The English are push- ing ...
... expeditions between 1877-86 . The Alima , supposed to be one of its head streams , has been followed to the right ... expedition under Major Marchand reaching Fashoda on the Upper Nile in the summer of 1898. The English are push- ing ...
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... expedition was , in some Spanish respects , like the armada which threatened England with Spanish bigotry in the reign of Elizabeth , and was attended with similar success . Confident in his numbers and equipment , Charles pushed ...
... expedition was , in some Spanish respects , like the armada which threatened England with Spanish bigotry in the reign of Elizabeth , and was attended with similar success . Confident in his numbers and equipment , Charles pushed ...
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