Narrative of a Voyage to Madeira, Teneriffe and Along the Shores of the Mediterranean: Including a Visit to Algiers, Egypt, Palestine, Tyre, Rhodes, Telmessus, Cyprus and Greece : with Observations on the Present State and Prospects of Egypt and Palestine and on the Climate, Natural History, Antiquities, Etc. of the Countries Visited ; in Two Volumes, כרך 1Curry, 1840 - 464 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 27
עמוד 13
... traveller , is the fact of its enclosing within its massive walls , one of the most interesting monuments of antiquity - the pharos of Hercules , the oldest existing specimen of this kind in Europe , and amongst the very few now any ...
... traveller , is the fact of its enclosing within its massive walls , one of the most interesting monuments of antiquity - the pharos of Hercules , the oldest existing specimen of this kind in Europe , and amongst the very few now any ...
עמוד 74
... traveller to the spot where the eccentric author of Vathic held his court . It is a most romantic spot , com- manding in its prospect every beauty that Cintra and the surrounding country affords . The lofty tree - clad mountains behind ...
... traveller to the spot where the eccentric author of Vathic held his court . It is a most romantic spot , com- manding in its prospect every beauty that Cintra and the surrounding country affords . The lofty tree - clad mountains behind ...
עמוד 76
... traveller's trouble . On the other side of the ravine the porphyritic limestone breaks out ; but the principal rock in this part of the kingdom is the common grey marble , the strata of which appears above the surface in many places ...
... traveller's trouble . On the other side of the ravine the porphyritic limestone breaks out ; but the principal rock in this part of the kingdom is the common grey marble , the strata of which appears above the surface in many places ...
עמוד 82
... the notice of a passing traveller , and the wind favouring , we sailed down the Tagus on the evening of the 19th , and next day stood out to sea , shaping our course to Madeira . CHAPTER III . MADEIRA . Voyage to Madeira - Arrival CONTENTS.
... the notice of a passing traveller , and the wind favouring , we sailed down the Tagus on the evening of the 19th , and next day stood out to sea , shaping our course to Madeira . CHAPTER III . MADEIRA . Voyage to Madeira - Arrival CONTENTS.
עמוד 85
... traveller , the Mount Church ; a large white building , that stands surrounded by some of the finest venaticos and chesnut trees , at an immense height above the town . Behind this , the mountains rise still higher , clothed with ...
... traveller , the Mount Church ; a large white building , that stands surrounded by some of the finest venaticos and chesnut trees , at an immense height above the town . Behind this , the mountains rise still higher , clothed with ...
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Alexandria Algiers amongst animals appearance Arab basalt Basha beautiful Bedawees beneath boats Cairo camel Canaries carried centre Cleopatra's needle climate clothed coast colour consul Corunna costume Coural covered dress dromedary Egypt Egyptian elevation English erected European feet finest fish French Funchal garden Grand Canary greater number groves Guanches guarda-costas hand handsome harbour hareem head height HERCULES TOWER hills horses houses immense invalids island Kabyles ladies land light Lisbon look Madeira Mafra marble miles Mohammadan Moorish Moors morning mosque mountains natives night o'clock officers orange Oratava ornament passed pillar plain plants Pompey's pillar Portugal present principal quantity red-legged partridge residence rise rock roof round sails scene seen shore side Spanish spot streets surrounded temperature Teneriffe tomb town trees tufa Turkish Turks valley vegetation vessels walls wind wine