The Countries of the World: Middle East ; Africa ; EuropeCassell, 1876 |
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Page 106
... Algiers and the other Barbary States . In the strongly fortified port of Algiers the corsair fleets rode in safety , while the vast numbers of Christians captured supplied slave labour not only in the pirate galleys , but for the ...
... Algiers and the other Barbary States . In the strongly fortified port of Algiers the corsair fleets rode in safety , while the vast numbers of Christians captured supplied slave labour not only in the pirate galleys , but for the ...
Page 107
... Algiers , Oran , and Constantine ( p . 108 ) , the towns of the same name being the capitals of these divisions . Iron constitutes the great mineral wealth of the country , the mine of Ain - Mokra yielding , on an average , 400,000 tons ...
... Algiers , Oran , and Constantine ( p . 108 ) , the towns of the same name being the capitals of these divisions . Iron constitutes the great mineral wealth of the country , the mine of Ain - Mokra yielding , on an average , 400,000 tons ...
Page 109
... Algiers to a ship under sail . Ashore , old Algiers is not prepossessing , except to a stranger who has never seen an Eastern town . But the new town is furnished with hotels , clubs , public offices , warehouses , barracks , and other ...
... Algiers to a ship under sail . Ashore , old Algiers is not prepossessing , except to a stranger who has never seen an Eastern town . But the new town is furnished with hotels , clubs , public offices , warehouses , barracks , and other ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Sultans Principal Palace on the Bosphorus | 9 |
TURKEY PROPER | 15 |
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