Tripoli, City in Barbary

1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri.

Tripoli, is the Name of two Towns in Africa. ... The other is Tripoli of Barbary, a great Town, Capital of a Kingdom of that Name, and the Retreat of Pyrates. Sanson thinks it's the ancient Oea, but be it so or not it's very populous and rich. It was formerly taken by the Spaniards, and by them given to the Knights of Maltha; but the Turks depriv'd the latter of it in 1551, and remain'd the Masters a long time. Now it's a Republick under the Grand Signior's Protection. The Territories of Tripoli are pretty large, lying between the Sea and the Kingdom of Tunis, which it has to the West; but there are but few Towns.