Bompiani, Sofia, b. 1835, Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI · [London] : Religious Tract Society · leaf 119
RECENT ITALIAN EXPEDITIONS. H3 not ready, detained Salimbeni. But, finally per¬ suaded by promises of return with other engineers, and perhaps an iron bridge, he took his lance, gold necklace, and other ornaments from his person one day at dinner, saying, ‘Take these things to your king from me.’… … MAJOR PIANO. Some of them displayed generous and delicate sentiments, one bringing a fine elephant’s tooth to Salimbeni as a present to defray the expenses of his return. In Italy Salimbeni was received with honour by the Geographical Society, and provided with means for a new expedition. In this…
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