 | Edward Henry Bickersteth (bp. of Exeter) - 1872 - 830 pàgines
...partially explored, with its virtuous Brahmins, its obscene Ascetics, its diamonds and the strange tales of their acquisition, its sea-beds of pearl and its powerful sun ; the first in mediaeval times to give any distinct account of the secluded Christian Empire of Abyssinia and the... | |
 | 1872 - 606 pàgines
...of Abyssinia, and the semi-Christian island of Socotra ; to speak, though indeed dimly, of Zanzibar, with its negroes and its ivory, and of the vast and distant Madagascar, bordering on the dark ocean of the South, with its Ruc and other monstrosities ; and in a remotely... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1873 - 968 pàgines
...jinrtially explored, with its virtuous Bi iihmans, its obscene ascetics, its diamonds and the strange tales of their acquisition, its seabeds of pearl, and its...island of Socotra ; to speak, though indeed dimly, of Zanzibar, with its 7iegroes and its ivory, and of the vast and distant Madagascar, bordering on the... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1875 - 862 pàgines
...partially explored, with its virtuous Brahmans, its obscene ascetics, its diamonds and the strange tales of their acquisition, its sea-beds of pearl, and its...Island of SOCOTRA ; to speak, though indeed dimly, of ZANGIBAK with its negroes and its ivory, and of the vast and distant MADAGASCAR, bordering on the Dark... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1875 - 672 pàgines
...partially explored, with its virtuous Bralimans, its obscene ascetics, its diamonds and the strange tales of their acquisition, its sea-beds of pearl, and its...Island of SOCOTRA ; to speak, though indeed dimly, 0/ZANGIBAR with its negroes and its ivory, and of the vast and distant MADAGASCAR, bordering on the... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1875 - 730 pàgines
...partially explored, with its virtuous Brahmans, its obscene ascetics, its diamonds and the strange tales of their acquisition, its sea-beds of pearl, and its...distinct account of the secluded Christian Empire tf/" ABYSSINIA, and the semi-Christian Island of SOCOTRA ; to speak, though indeed dimly, of ZANGIBAR... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 464 pàgines
...partially explored, with its virtuous Brahmans, its obscene ascetics, its diamonds and the strange tales of their acquisition, its sea-beds of pearl, and its powerful sun : the first in mediaeval times to give any distinct account of the secluded Christian Empire of Abyssinia, and the... | |
 | Mary Elsie Thalheimer - 1883 - 492 pàgines
...dream-land of Alexandrian fables, but as a country seen and partially explored. . . . the first in mediaeval times to give any distinct account of the secluded Christian empire of Abyssinia, and the semi-Christ i;m Island of Socotra; to speak, though indeed dimly, of Zanzibar, and of the vast and... | |
 | Arthur James Weise - 1884 - 446 pàgines
...Cosmos. Otte's trans. vol. ii. p. 625. Note. its obscene ascetics, its diamonds and the strange tales of their acquisition, its sea-beds of pearl, and its...island of Socotra ; to speak, though indeed dimly, of Zanzibar with its negroes and its ivory, and of the vast and distant Madagascar, bordering on the dark... | |
 | Arthur James Weise - 1884 - 442 pàgines
...of Abyssinia and the semi-Christian island of Socotra ; to speak, though indeed dimly, of Zanzibar with its negroes and its ivory, and of the vast and distant Madagascar, bordering on the dark ocean of the South, with its rue and other monstrocities ; and, in a remotely... | |
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