Major James Rennell, der schöpfer der neueren englischen geographie

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Druck von E. L. Försters erben, 1904 - 194 sayfa
 

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Sayfa 140 - And, he gave it for his opinion, that, whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Sayfa 91 - So geographers, in Afric maps, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er unhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns.
Sayfa 125 - It is easier to guess than to describe the situation of my mind at that moment — standing in that spot which had baffled the genius, industry and inquiry of both ancients and moderns, for the course of near three thousand years.
Sayfa 97 - Major Houghton's compliments to Dr. Laidley ; is in good health on his way to Timbuctoo ; robbed of all his goods by Fenda Bucar's son.
Sayfa 121 - My dear friend Mr Anderson, and likewise Mr Scott, are both dead; but though all the Europeans who are with me should die, and though I were myself half dead, I would still persevere; and if I could not succeed in the object of my journey, I would at last die on the Niger.
Sayfa 45 - Geographical Illustrations of the Expedition of Cyrus and the Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks, with the Plates, atlas folio, 2 vols. fol. and 4to, London 1816 ; A Treatise on the Comparative Geography of Western Asia, 2 vols.
Sayfa 63 - So that a tract of country which pofsefses every advantage that can be derived from nature, contains the most miserable of inhabitants: so dearly do mankind pay for the ambition of their superiors ; who, mis-calculating their powers, think they can govern as much as they can conquer.
Sayfa 36 - Certain however it is, that, while we continue ignorant of so large a portion of the globe, that ignorance must be considered as a degree of reproach upon the present age.
Sayfa 35 - The Marches of the British Armies in the Peninsula of India, during...

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