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	** The Isles of Guinea.		** The Isles of Guinea.

	UNder the name of the Country of the Whites, I comprehend these four Countries, viz. Aegypt, Barbary, Biledulgerid, or Numidia, and Zaara, or the Desart; altho the people of them have a yellow complexion, by reason of the great heat of the Sun; yet I give them the name of Whites, to distinguish them from the Africans that inhabit Nigritia, Guinea, Nubia, &c. who are quite Black, and shall follow this Distinction in the following part of this Book.~~</blockquote>~~		UNder the name of the Country of the Whites, I comprehend these four Countries, viz. Aegypt, Barbary, Biledulgerid, or Numidia, and Zaara, or the Desart; altho the people of them have a yellow complexion, by reason of the great heat of the Sun; yet I give them the name of Whites, to distinguish them from the Africans that inhabit Nigritia, Guinea, Nubia, &c. who are quite Black, and shall follow this Distinction in the following part of this Book.

			UNder the name of the Negro's or Blacks, I com∣prehend Nubia, Nigritia, and Guinea, which contain in them many Regions, Kingdoms, and Provinces, about a 3d part of Africa, as is to be seen in these following Heads.</blockquote>
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 CHAP. XIV.
-AFRICA I make to be my second division of the world, which is found to be a Penin∣sula, almost incompassed round, having the red Sea on the East, the Atlantique Ocean on the West, the Southerne Oce∣an on the South, and the mediteranean on the North; and where the Sea is defe∣ctive to make it a compleat Iland, there is a little Isthmus of twenty leagues that ty∣eth it to Asia, which sundry Princes in for∣mer ages intended to trench through, to have the benefit of both those Seas united, but have desisted as finding the Sea in the red Sea gulfe to be higher than the land of Aegypt, by nature all flat, levell, and plaine, and so might thereby over-flow and drowne all Aegypt.
+AFRICA I make to be my second division of the world, which is found to be a Peninsula, almost incompassed round, having the red Sea on the East, the Atlantique Ocean on the West, the Southerne Ocean on the South, and the mediteranean on the North; and where the Sea is defective to make it a compleat Iland, there is a little Isthmus of twenty leagues that tyeth it to Asia, which sundry Princes in former ages intended to trench through, to have the benefit of both those Seas united, but have desisted as finding the Sea in the red Sea gulfe to be higher than the land of Aegypt, by nature all flat, levell, and plaine, and so might thereby over-flow and drowne all Aegypt.
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 Egypt, and almost all Barbary, belongs to the Turk; with exception to the Kingdoms of Morocco and Fez, which have a Prince of their own; and to the Cities of the Corsairs; and some Towns of the Christians upon the Coast. Abissinia, Nubia, Congo, and Mono-motapa, have their peculiar Kings. There are Arabian Cheiques in Numidia, and in Libya. The rest of Africa belongs to several little, petty Soveraigns; some of whose Dominions extend no farther than the compass of one Town or Burrough. But, to speak the truth, we have but little knowledge of the inward part of the Countrey. The Monarchs of [[England]], [[Spain]], and [[Portugal]], and [[The United Provinces of the Netherlands|the States-General of the Ʋnited Provinces]], have some Places upon the Coast, which furnish 'em with the means of carrying on the Commerce with the inland parts of the Countrey. The French have some places of Traffick in Barbary in Guiney, and in the [[Madagascar|Isle of Madagascar]], which they have called the Isle Dauphine. The Great Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, is Prince of [[Maltha|the Isle of Maltha]].</blockquote>
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	Egypt, and almost all Barbary, belongs to the Turk; with exception to the Kingdoms of Morocco and Fez, which have a Prince of their own; and to the Cities of the Corsairs; and some Towns of the Christians upon the Coast. Abissinia, Nubia, Congo, and Mono-motapa, have their peculiar Kings. There are Arabian Cheiques in Numidia, and in Libya. The rest of Africa belongs to several little, petty Soveraigns; some of whose Dominions extend no farther than the compass of one Town or Burrough. But, to speak the truth, we have but little knowledge of the inward part of the Countrey. The Monarchs of [[England]], [[Spain]], and [[Portugal]], and [[The United Provinces of the Netherlands\|the States-General of the Ʋnited Provinces]], have some Places upon the Coast, which furnish 'em with the means of carrying on the Commerce with the inland parts of the Countrey. The French have some places of Traffick in Barbary in Guiney, and in the [[Madagascar\|Isle of Madagascar]], which they have called the Isle Dauphine. The Great Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, is Prince of [[Maltha\|the Isle of Maltha]].</blockquote>		Egypt, and almost all Barbary, belongs to the Turk; with exception to the Kingdoms of Morocco and Fez, which have a Prince of their own; and to the Cities of the Corsairs; and some Towns of the Christians upon the Coast. Abissinia, Nubia, Congo, and Mono-motapa, have their peculiar Kings. There are Arabian Cheiques in Numidia, and in Libya. The rest of Africa belongs to several little, petty Soveraigns; some of whose Dominions extend no farther than the compass of one Town or Burrough. But, to speak the truth, we have but little knowledge of the inward part of the Countrey. The Monarchs of [[England]], [[Spain]], and [[Portugal]], and [[The United Provinces of the Netherlands\|the States-General of the Ʋnited Provinces]], have some Places upon the Coast, which furnish 'em with the means of carrying on the Commerce with the inland parts of the Countrey. The French have some places of Traffick in Barbary in Guiney, and in the [[Madagascar\|Isle of Madagascar]], which they have called the Isle Dauphine. The Great Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, is Prince of [[Maltha\|the Isle of Maltha]].</blockquote>

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	<blockquote>AFRICA I make to be my second Division of the World, which is found to be a Peninsula, almost incompassed round, having the Red Sea on the East, the Atlantique Ocean on the West, the Southern Ocean on the South, and the Mediterranean on the North; and where the Sea is defective, to make it a compleat Island, there is a little Isthmus of 20 leagues that tieth it to Asia, which sundry Princes in former ages intended to trench through, to have the benefit of both those Seas united, but have desisted, as finding the Sea in the Red Sea Gulph to be higher than the Land of Aegypt, by nature all flat, level, and plain, and so might thereby overflow and drown all Aegypt.

	Africa is at this day usually divided into eight parts, which are,

	* 1. [[Barbary]].
	* 2. Numidia.
	* 3. [[Libya\|Lybia]].
	* 4. [[Negroland\|Negrita]].
	* 5. Aethiopia Interior.
	* 6. Aethiopia Exterior.
	* 7. [[Egypt\|Aegypt]], and
	* 8. [[The Isles of Africa\|The Islands thereof.]]

	And first, Barbary is now divided into four Kingdoms, which are, first, [[Tunis]]; second, [[Algiers\|Argier]]; third, [[Fesse]]; and fourth, [[Morocco]]; the Commodities these Countries send abroad, I shall speak of when I come to these particular places.</blockquote>
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	The Religions which have course in Africa may be reduced to four; Mahometism, Paganism, Christianity, and Judaism. Mohometism possesses Barbary, Billedulgerid, Egypt, Zaara or the Desart, part of the Negroes, and a good part of the Coast of Zanguebar. Paganism holds part of the Negroes and Nubia, Guinny, and almost all the Lower Ethiopia (I comprehend the Cafres with the Pagans,) part of Zanguebar, and some mixture otherwhere. Christianity holds in Africa almost the whole Empire of the Abissines, part of Egypt; but the most part Schismaticks; and along all the Coasts of Africa, where the Portugals are the strongest, they have introduced Christianity: as in Congo, Angola, and some Coasts of the Cafres and Zanguebar. As for Judaism, it is scattered in many Cities on the Coast of Barbary; as at Morocco, Fez, Algier, &c. Likewise in Egypt, and on the confines of the Abissines and the Negroes, they have the Kingdom of Ximen tributary to the Abissines; but the Jews are but a small number in Africa in comparison of the others. I make account that Africa being divided into 16 equal parts, Mahometism would possess 5 or 6, Paganism 6 or 7, Christianity 3, and Judaism only one.		The Religions which have course in Africa may be reduced to four; Mahometism, Paganism, Christianity, and Judaism. Mohometism possesses Barbary, Billedulgerid, Egypt, Zaara or the Desart, part of the Negroes, and a good part of the Coast of Zanguebar. Paganism holds part of the Negroes and Nubia, Guinny, and almost all the Lower Ethiopia (I comprehend the Cafres with the Pagans,) part of Zanguebar, and some mixture otherwhere. Christianity holds in Africa almost the whole Empire of the Abissines, part of Egypt; but the most part Schismaticks; and along all the Coasts of Africa, where the Portugals are the strongest, they have introduced Christianity: as in Congo, Angola, and some Coasts of the Cafres and Zanguebar. As for Judaism, it is scattered in many Cities on the Coast of Barbary; as at Morocco, Fez, Algier, &c. Likewise in Egypt, and on the confines of the Abissines and the Negroes, they have the Kingdom of Ximen tributary to the Abissines; but the Jews are but a small number in Africa in comparison of the others. I make account that Africa being divided into 16 equal parts, Mahometism would possess 5 or 6, Paganism 6 or 7, Christianity 3, and Judaism only one.

	AFRICA, as it is at this day known, may be divided into these 8 parts following, viz. 1. Barbary, (in which is found the Kingdoms of Morocco, Fez, Algier, Telensin, Tunis, Tripoli, and Braca.) 2. Billedulgerid or Numidia. 3. Egypt. 4. Zaara or Libya Interiour, in which is comprehended the Country of the Negroes, Guinny, with some certain Isles. 5. Nubia. 6. The Empire of the Abissines, or the higher or greater Ethiopia, in which I comprehend Zanguebar. 7. Ethiopia the Lower, in which are found the Kingdoms of Congo, the Empire of the Monomotapa, the Land of Cafres: And 8. and lastly, the Isles of Africa. And of these in order.		AFRICA, as it is at this day known, may be divided into these 8 parts following, viz. 1. [[Barbary]], (in which is found the Kingdoms of Morocco, Fez, Algier, Telensin, Tunis, Tripoli, and Braca.) 2. Billedulgerid or Numidia. 3. Egypt. 4. Zaara or Libya Interiour, in which is comprehended the Country of the Negroes, Guinny, with some certain Isles. 5. Nubia. 6. The Empire of the Abissines, or the higher or greater Ethiopia, in which I comprehend Zanguebar. 7. Ethiopia the Lower, in which are found the Kingdoms of Congo, the Empire of the Monomotapa, the Land of Cafres: And 8. and lastly, the Isles of Africa. And of these in order.

	Under the Name of BARBARY, are comprehended several Kingdoms, to wit,		Under the Name of BARBARY, are comprehended several Kingdoms, to wit,

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	Africa is at this day usually divided into eight parts, which are,		Africa is at this day usually divided into eight parts, which are,

	* 1. Barbary.		* 1. [[Barbary]].
	* 2. Numidia.		* 2. Numidia.
	* 3. Lybia.		* 3. [[Libya\|Lybia]].
	* 4. Negrita.		* 4. [[Negroland\|Negrita]].
	* 5. Aethiopia Interior.		* 5. Aethiopia Interior.
	* 6. Aethiopia Exterior.		* 6. Aethiopia Exterior.
	* 7. Aegypt, and		* 7. [[Egypt\|Aegypt]], and
	* 8. The Islands thereof.		* 8. [[The Isles of Africa\|The Islands thereof.]]

	And first, Barbary is now divided into four Kingdoms, which are, first, Tunis; second, Argier; third, Fesse; and fourth, Morocco; the Commodities these Countries send abroad, I shall speak of when I come to these particular places.</blockquote>		And first, Barbary is now divided into four Kingdoms, which are, first, [[Tunis]]; second, [[Algiers\|Argier]]; third, [[Fesse]]; and fourth, [[Morocco]]; the Commodities these Countries send abroad, I shall speak of when I come to these particular places.</blockquote>
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	Egypt, and almost all Barbary, belongs to the Turk; with exception to the Kingdoms of Morocco and Fez, which have a Prince of their own; and to the Cities of the Corsairs; and some Towns of the Christians upon the Coast. Abissinia, Nubia, Congo, and Mono-motapa, have their peculiar Kings. There are Arabian Cheiques in Numidia, and in Libya. The rest of Africa belongs to several little, petty Soveraigns; some of whose Dominions extend no farther than the compass of one Town or Burrough. But, to speak the truth, we have but little knowledge of the inward part of the Countrey. The Monarchs of [[England]], [[Spain]], and [[Portugal]], and [[The United Provinces of the Netherlands\|the States-General of the Ʋnited Provinces]], have some Places upon the Coast, which furnish 'em with the means of carrying on the Commerce with the inland parts of the Countrey. The French have some places of Traffick in Barbary in Guiney, and in the [[Madagascar\|Isle of Madagascar]], which they have called the Isle Dauphine. The Great Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, is Prince of [[Maltha\|the Isle of Maltha]].</blockquote>		Egypt, and almost all Barbary, belongs to the Turk; with exception to the Kingdoms of Morocco and Fez, which have a Prince of their own; and to the Cities of the Corsairs; and some Towns of the Christians upon the Coast. Abissinia, Nubia, Congo, and Mono-motapa, have their peculiar Kings. There are Arabian Cheiques in Numidia, and in Libya. The rest of Africa belongs to several little, petty Soveraigns; some of whose Dominions extend no farther than the compass of one Town or Burrough. But, to speak the truth, we have but little knowledge of the inward part of the Countrey. The Monarchs of [[England]], [[Spain]], and [[Portugal]], and [[The United Provinces of the Netherlands\|the States-General of the Ʋnited Provinces]], have some Places upon the Coast, which furnish 'em with the means of carrying on the Commerce with the inland parts of the Countrey. The French have some places of Traffick in Barbary in Guiney, and in the [[Madagascar\|Isle of Madagascar]], which they have called the Isle Dauphine. The Great Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, is Prince of [[Maltha\|the Isle of Maltha]].</blockquote>

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			<blockquote>AFRICA I make to be my second Division of the World, which is found to be a Peninsula, almost incompassed round, having the Red Sea on the East, the Atlantique Ocean on the West, the Southern Ocean on the South, and the Mediterranean on the North; and where the Sea is defective, to make it a compleat Island, there is a little Isthmus of 20 leagues that tieth it to Asia, which sundry Princes in former ages intended to trench through, to have the benefit of both those Seas united, but have desisted, as finding the Sea in the Red Sea Gulph to be higher than the Land of Aegypt, by nature all flat, level, and plain, and so might thereby overflow and drown all Aegypt.

			Africa is at this day usually divided into eight parts, which are,

			* 1. Barbary.
			* 2. Numidia.
			* 3. Lybia.
			* 4. Negrita.
			* 5. Aethiopia Interior.
			* 6. Aethiopia Exterior.
			* 7. Aegypt, and
			* 8. The Islands thereof.

			And first, Barbary is now divided into four Kingdoms, which are, first, Tunis; second, Argier; third, Fesse; and fourth, Morocco; the Commodities these Countries send abroad, I shall speak of when I come to these particular places.</blockquote>
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	Under the Name of BARBARY, are comprehended several Kingdoms, to wit,		Under the Name of BARBARY, are comprehended several Kingdoms, to wit,

	* The Kingdom of MOROCCO, wherein are several Provinces; and which may be considered as they lie		* [[Morocco\|The Kingdom of MOROCCO]], wherein are several Provinces; and which may be considered as they lie
	** On the Sea, as		** On the Sea, as
	*** Susa,		*** Susa,
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	**** El Medina,		**** El Medina,
	**** Asafi.		**** Asafi.
	* The Kingdom of FEZ, with its several Provinces; which may be considered as they lie		* [[Fesse\|The Kingdom of FEZ]], with its several Provinces; which may be considered as they lie
	** On the Ocean, as		** On the Ocean, as
	*** Temesne,		*** Temesne,
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	*** Dubdu,		*** Dubdu,
	*** Ga•sis.		*** Ga•sis.
	* The Kingdom of ALGIER, with its Provinces; which may be considered as they lie		* [[Algiers\|The Kingdom of ALGIER]], with its Provinces; which may be considered as they lie
	** On the West, as		** On the West, as
	*** Telensin, with its Quarters		*** Telensin, with its Quarters
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	**** Tabarca,		**** Tabarca,
	**** Tebessa.		**** Tebessa.
	* The Kingdom of TUNIS, with its Governments; and which may be considered as they lie		* [[Tunis\|The Kingdom of TUNIS]], with its Governments; and which may be considered as they lie
	** On the Sea, and are Maritim, as		** On the Sea, and are Maritim, as
	*** Benserta,— Benserta.		*** Benserta,— Benserta.
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	**** Cafsa,		**** Cafsa,
	**** Hama.		**** Hama.
	* The Kingdom or Province of TRIPOLI, whose chief Maritim places are those of		* The Kingdom or Province of [[Tripoli\|TRIPOLI]], whose chief Maritim places are those of
	** Capes,		** Capes,
	** Et-Hamma,		** Et-Hamma,
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	** Tripolis the Old.		** Tripolis the Old.
	* The Country of BARCA, or LIBYA, which may be divided into		* The Country of BARCA, or LIBYA, which may be divided into
	** The Kingdom of BARCA, as it regards the Sea, and makes the most Eastern Coast of BARBARY, whose chief places are		** [[Barca\|The Kingdom of BARCA]], as it regards the Sea, and makes the most Eastern Coast of BARBARY, whose chief places are
	*** Camera,		*** Camera,
	*** Bernichum,		*** Bernichum,
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	We may consider Africa under a treble respect; the Countrey of the Whites; that of the Blacks, and Ethiopians; the Islands make a fourth.		We may consider Africa under a treble respect; the Countrey of the Whites; that of the Blacks, and Ethiopians; the Islands make a fourth.

	The Countrey of the Whites, comprehends Barbary, Egypt, Biledulgerid, and the Zaara, or Desart. The Countrey of the Blacks has three parts, Nigritia, Nubia, and Guiney. Ethiopia is of two sorts, Higher and Lower. Ethiopia Superior, is much of Abyssinia, in the inward part of the Countrey. Ethiopia Inferior, contains Congo, Cafreria, with Monomotapa and Zanguebar. The Islands attributed to Africk, are either in the Ocean, as the Tercera's, Madera, the Canaries, the Isles of Cap-verd, Madagascar, and others; or in the Mediterranean Sea, as Maltha. We are not acquainted with those of the Red Sea. The Island Gueguere is within the Arms of the Nile.		The Countrey of the Whites, comprehends Barbary, Egypt, [[Billedulgerid\|Biledulgerid]], and the Zaara, or Desart. The Countrey of the Blacks has three parts, Nigritia, Nubia, and Guiney. Ethiopia is of two sorts, Higher and Lower. Ethiopia Superior, is much of [[Abyssin\|Abyssinia]], in the inward part of the Countrey. Ethiopia Inferior, contains [[Congo]], [[Cafreria]], with [[Monomotapa]] and [[Zanguebar]]. The Islands attributed to Africk, are either in the Ocean, as the Tercera's, Madera, the Canaries, the Isles of Cap-verd, [[Madagascar]], and others; or in the Mediterranean Sea, as [[Maltha]]. We are not acquainted with those of the Red Sea. The Island Gueguere is within the Arms of the Nile.

	Egypt, and almost all Barbary, belongs to the Turk; with exception to the Kingdoms of Morocco and Fez, which have a Prince of their own; and to the Cities of the Corsairs; and some Towns of the Christians upon the Coast. Abissinia, Nubia, Congo, and Mono-motapa, have their peculiar Kings. There are Arabian Cheiques in Numidia, and in Libya. The rest of Africa belongs to several little, petty Soveraigns; some of whose Dominions extend no farther than the compass of one Town or Burrough. But, to speak the truth, we have but little knowledge of the inward part of the Countrey. The Monarchs of England, Spain, and Portugal, and the States-General of the Ʋnited Provinces, have some Places upon the Coast, which furnish 'em with the means of carrying on the Commerce with the inland parts of the Countrey. The French have some places of Traffick in Barbary in Guiney, and in the Isle of Madagascar, which they have called the Isle Dauphine. The Great Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, is Prince of the Isle of Maltha.</blockquote>		Egypt, and almost all Barbary, belongs to the Turk; with exception to the Kingdoms of Morocco and Fez, which have a Prince of their own; and to the Cities of the Corsairs; and some Towns of the Christians upon the Coast. Abissinia, Nubia, Congo, and Mono-motapa, have their peculiar Kings. There are Arabian Cheiques in Numidia, and in Libya. The rest of Africa belongs to several little, petty Soveraigns; some of whose Dominions extend no farther than the compass of one Town or Burrough. But, to speak the truth, we have but little knowledge of the inward part of the Countrey. The Monarchs of [[England]], [[Spain]], and [[Portugal]], and [[The United Provinces of the Netherlands\|the States-General of the Ʋnited Provinces]], have some Places upon the Coast, which furnish 'em with the means of carrying on the Commerce with the inland parts of the Countrey. The French have some places of Traffick in Barbary in Guiney, and in the [[Madagascar\|Isle of Madagascar]], which they have called the Isle Dauphine. The Great Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, is Prince of [[Maltha\|the Isle of Maltha]].</blockquote>
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