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... Timbuctoo , the great emporium of trade in central Africa . The powerful kingdom of Gago , 400 Arabic miles from Tim- buctoo to the south - east , abounds with corn and cattle . Guber , to the east of Gago , abounds with cattle . Cano ...
... Timbuctoo , the great emporium of trade in central Africa . The powerful kingdom of Gago , 400 Arabic miles from Tim- buctoo to the south - east , abounds with corn and cattle . Guber , to the east of Gago , abounds with cattle . Cano ...
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... Timbuctoo , Sego , Wassenah , and many others , are populous kingdoms , abounding in metals , minerals , fruits , grain , cattle , & c . Attah , on the Niger , healthy , many natural advantages , will be a place of great importance ...
... Timbuctoo , Sego , Wassenah , and many others , are populous kingdoms , abounding in metals , minerals , fruits , grain , cattle , & c . Attah , on the Niger , healthy , many natural advantages , will be a place of great importance ...
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... Timbuctoo . Iron is found in Western Africa . The ore from Sierra Leone is particularly rich , yielding seventy- nine per cent . , according to Mr. M'Cormack , and said to be well adapted to making steel . The iron brought from Upper ...
... Timbuctoo . Iron is found in Western Africa . The ore from Sierra Leone is particularly rich , yielding seventy- nine per cent . , according to Mr. M'Cormack , and said to be well adapted to making steel . The iron brought from Upper ...
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... Timbuctoo , -each of them bringing us into communication with multi- tudes of tribes , and unfolding to us the productions of a most extensive and fertile territory . The problem is , how shall that stream be closed to the passage of ...
... Timbuctoo , -each of them bringing us into communication with multi- tudes of tribes , and unfolding to us the productions of a most extensive and fertile territory . The problem is , how shall that stream be closed to the passage of ...
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... Timbuctoo . Adams was a British sailor , and our consul at Mogadore thus describes him at the termination of his captivity : - " Like most other Christians , after a long captivity and severe treatment among the Arabs , he appeared , at ...
... Timbuctoo . Adams was a British sailor , and our consul at Mogadore thus describes him at the termination of his captivity : - " Like most other Christians , after a long captivity and severe treatment among the Arabs , he appeared , at ...
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