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The story of Africa and its explorers (1892)

Brown, Robert, 1842-1895, Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI · London : Cassell · leaf 335

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301 LAKE TANGANYIKA. geographical miles, that its breadth varied high cliffs overshadow the waters. The from 10 to 45 miles, averaging about 28 miles ; character of the inhabitants may be almost he estimated its entire coast-line at 930 miles, told by a glance at their villages. Some are and its… … STANLEY’S EXPEDITION BESET BY' CANNIBALS AT A CATARACT ON THE CONGO Q). 30G). feet. With 1,280 feet of cord, Stanley could that the inhabitants are peaceable and fear no find no bottom in mid-lake. Fifty-one days foes. The lake swarms Avith hippopotami and erocodiles ; ducks, geese, ibis, crested…

Africa -- Discovery and exploration · Africa -- Colonization

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