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	=== 1682. Cosmography and geography in two parts by Richard Blome. ===		=== 1682. Cosmography and geography in two parts by Richard Blome. ===
	<blockquote>THE Kingdom of TRIPOLI takes up the just moiety of the Coast of Barbary from Capes unto Egypt, and divides it self into two ~~prin∣cipal~~ parts or Provinces, which bear likewise the Title of Kingdoms, to wit, Tripoli and Barca. Tripoli is between the two Syrtes, now the Sands or Banks of Barbary. These are Gulphs of different greatness, but of the same nature; infamous for the Shipwreck of Vessels lost on their Flats or Rocks: among which the depth of the Water is very unequal, and changes often, there being sometimes much, sometimes a little, and sometimes none at all. The Little Syrtes, now the Gulph of Capes, separates Tripoli from Tunis: The Great Syrtes, now the Gulph of Sydra, divides it from Barca; this ~~to∣wards~~ the East, the other towards the West, and on the South it is bounded with Billidulgerid, and on the North with the Mediterranean Sea. Its ~~prin∣cipal~~ Cities are El-Hamma, Capes, Zoara, the two Tripolies, Old and New, Sarmana, Lepeda, &c. 1. El-Hamma is in the Land,* 1.67Capes and the rest on the Sea; between El-Hamma and Capes is a Lake excellent against Leprosie. 2. Capes of Old Tacapa hath good Walls, and a good Castle; but its Port ~~dange∣rous~~, and incapable to receive either many or great Vessels; it is scituate at the fall of the River Triton into the Lesser Syrtes. 3. Zoara, of old Pisida, between Capes and Tripoli, hath its Land so dry, that the Inhabitants are forced to water it, and yet will scarce produce any thing save Barley and some Fruits; among which, Lotos, with which they make an excellent Metheglin, but it lasts good not above 9 or 10 days. Flesh is here very scarce, they not having wherewith to feed Beasts. The Arabs frequent their Markets, and serve them with Wools, wherewith they make Cloaths and other Manufactures. 4. Tripoli the Old, of old Sabrata, and which the Arab of Nubia calls the Tower of Sabrat, hath only some Hamlets, and Remnants of fair and stately Edifices. 5. The New Tripoli, of Old Oea, is better maintained, though it hath many Ruins, by reason of the divers changes it hath had. The ~~disposi∣tion~~ of its places, Streets, and the order of its Buildings is agreeable, being ~~a∣dorned~~ with many fair Mosques, Colledges, Hospitals, &c. The Inhabitants subsisted only on their Commerce, which is of what they got from their Palm-Trees, Lotos, and Linnen-Cloth, which they uttered in Africa, Sicily, and Malta; besides their black and Ethiopian Slaves, which they sold; till of late they have much enriched themselves by Piracy, it being the usual retreat for Pirates, who infest these Seas, and do much mischief to Christian ~~Mer∣chants~~ on the Coasts of Italy, Sicily, and elsewhere. 6. Lepeda is in some repute, as it was in the time of the Arab of Nubia, and more under the ~~Ro∣mans~~: Farther is the Great Syrtes, at the bottom of which is the Isle Sydra, which communicates its name to the Gulph; and on the Firm Land are the Tombs of Philenes or Arae Philenarum, which set the Limits between Africa and Libya; and afterwards between the Estates of the Carthaginians and the Cyrenians; and in fine, of the Eastern Empire against that of the West: And, 7. Sebeicum, a City near the Sea-shoar, nigh to which are three small Isles. Along the Coast are some Isles, among which that of Gerbes is well known;* 1.69 formerly it was joyned to the Firm Land by a Bridge. It had two Cities; now hath nothing but one Castle worth notice, and many Hamlets which gather little Corn, but much Fruits; among the rest Lotos, so sweet and pleasant, that the Companions of Ʋlysses having tasted them, sought no longer to go into their Country. This Isle hath about 18000 Paces circuit, yields one of the greatest Revenues to the King or Bassa of Tripoli, by reason of the confluence of Merchants, who fetch thence Cloth and divers Scuffs, and carry them to Alexandria in Egypt, &c. one of the principal parts of the Revenue of the same Bassa, is the Saffron of the Mountain of Garian, which is on the South of Tripoli: And this Saffron is found the fairest, and the best of all others.</blockquote>		<blockquote>THE Kingdom of TRIPOLI takes up the just moiety of the Coast of Barbary from Capes unto Egypt, and divides it self into two principal parts or Provinces, which bear likewise the Title of Kingdoms, to wit, Tripoli and Barca. Tripoli is between the two Syrtes, now the Sands or Banks of Barbary. These are Gulphs of different greatness, but of the same nature; infamous for the Shipwreck of Vessels lost on their Flats or Rocks: among which the depth of the Water is very unequal, and changes often, there being sometimes much, sometimes a little, and sometimes none at all. The Little Syrtes, now the Gulph of Capes, separates Tripoli from Tunis: The Great Syrtes, now the Gulph of Sydra, divides it from Barca; this towards the East, the other towards the West, and on the South it is bounded with Billidulgerid, and on the North with the Mediterranean Sea. Its principal Cities are El-Hamma, Capes, Zoara, the two Tripolies, Old and New, Sarmana, Lepeda, &c. 1. El-Hamma is in the Land,* 1.67Capes and the rest on the Sea; between El-Hamma and Capes is a Lake excellent against Leprosie. 2. Capes of Old Tacapa hath good Walls, and a good Castle; but its Port dangerous, and incapable to receive either many or great Vessels; it is scituate at the fall of the River Triton into the Lesser Syrtes. 3. Zoara, of old Pisida, between Capes and Tripoli, hath its Land so dry, that the Inhabitants are forced to water it, and yet will scarce produce any thing save Barley and some Fruits; among which, Lotos, with which they make an excellent Metheglin, but it lasts good not above 9 or 10 days. Flesh is here very scarce, they not having wherewith to feed Beasts. The Arabs frequent their Markets, and serve them with Wools, wherewith they make Cloaths and other Manufactures. 4. Tripoli the Old, of old Sabrata, and which the Arab of Nubia calls the Tower of Sabrat, hath only some Hamlets, and Remnants of fair and stately Edifices. 5. The New Tripoli, of Old Oea, is better maintained, though it hath many Ruins, by reason of the divers changes it hath had. The disposition of its places, Streets, and the order of its Buildings is agreeable, being adorned with many fair Mosques, Colledges, Hospitals, &c. The Inhabitants subsisted only on their Commerce, which is of what they got from their Palm-Trees, Lotos, and Linnen-Cloth, which they uttered in Africa, Sicily, and Malta; besides their black and Ethiopian Slaves, which they sold; till of late they have much enriched themselves by Piracy, it being the usual retreat for Pirates, who infest these Seas, and do much mischief to Christian Merchants on the Coasts of Italy, Sicily, and elsewhere. 6. Lepeda is in some repute, as it was in the time of the Arab of Nubia, and more under the Romans: Farther is the Great Syrtes, at the bottom of which is the Isle Sydra, which communicates its name to the Gulph; and on the Firm Land are the Tombs of Philenes or Arae Philenarum, which set the Limits between Africa and Libya; and afterwards between the Estates of the Carthaginians and the Cyrenians; and in fine, of the Eastern Empire against that of the West: And, 7. Sebeicum, a City near the Sea-shoar, nigh to which are three small Isles. Along the Coast are some Isles, among which that of Gerbes is well known;* 1.69 formerly it was joyned to the Firm Land by a Bridge. It had two Cities; now hath nothing but one Castle worth notice, and many Hamlets which gather little Corn, but much Fruits; among the rest Lotos, so sweet and pleasant, that the Companions of Ʋlysses having tasted them, sought no longer to go into their Country. This Isle hath about 18000 Paces circuit, yields one of the greatest Revenues to the King or Bassa of Tripoli, by reason of the confluence of Merchants, who fetch thence Cloth and divers Scuffs, and carry them to Alexandria in Egypt, &c. one of the principal parts of the Revenue of the same Bassa, is the Saffron of the Mountain of Garian, which is on the South of Tripoli: And this Saffron is found the fairest, and the best of all others.</blockquote>

			=== 1695. A New Body of Geography by A. Sewall & T. Child. ===
			<blockquote>The Kingdom of TRIPOLIS. Regnum Tripolitanum.

			THis Kingdom is situated between Barca and Tunis; it reaches from South to North about 60 leagues, and from East to West 200 from the mouth of the River Salines to the River Capes.

			The Air is much of the same temperature with the Kingdom of Barca, the Soil of it is very barren in most places, bearing nothing but Dates. Sanuhy says, that it produces plenty of Lotus, whose fruit is much sweeter than Dates, and the Inhabitants make excellent Wine of it. They have also Citions, Lemons, Oranges and Figs, especially about the City of Tripolis; as also a certain Fruit which the Arabians call Abhosis, it is about the bigness of a Bean, and hath a tast like Almonds; they make nothing but Sugar of it.

			The people of Tripolis maintain themselves by their Trade and making of Stuffs; they that live about the River Capes, use Husbandry and Fishing. They are much burthened with Taxes by the Arabians, and Bassa of Tripolis. The people of Zaora live by selling Chalk and Clay to their neighbouring Cities, and they of Ethamma live by Theft and Robbery.

			The most remarkable Rivers are Salines, Mescata, Mascar and Capes. Upon the Coast of Tripolis, these are two dangerous banks of Sand; the biggest lies over against the Province of Essab in the 29 D. of Latitude, and 48 of Longitude; the lesser is about the Isle of Querquenes in the 32 D. of Latitude, and 43 of Longitude. This Kingdom is governed by a Bassa, who is honoured with the title of a Beglerbeg.

			The most considerable Cities of the Province of Tripolis properly so called, are 1. Tripolis, which stands upon the Mediterranean, and hath a very convenient Port in the 30 D. of Latitude. It is called Tripolis in Barbary, to distinguish it from Tripolis in Syria. There is the new and the old, the new is built near the old in a Sandy ground; this City is not very big, but well peopled, inclosed with Walls, and flanked with several Towers, with Ramparts, and two Forts, the one on the South side, and the other on the North; it is the chief City of the Kingdom, and seat of the Bassa: It is a kind of a Commonwealth under the protection of the Grand Seignior, and an harbour for many Pyrates.

			Capes, or Caps, anciently Tacape, is a very ancient City, built near the Gulph of the same name, encompassed with Walls, and defended by a Castle.

			Machres, or Mahara, is a Village standing on the mouth of the Gulph of Capes; the Inhabitants have lately built them a Cittadel.

			Ethamma is a City built by the Romans, not far from Capes.

			Zaora is built upon the same Coasts, as is also Casarnacar.

			In the Province of Essab there is but little Corn, but plenty of Dates, Olives, and Saffron, the best in the World; which is sold always for a third part more than that which comes from other places. In the Province of Mesrata, or Cyrene, the City Corone, or Cyrene, is most remarkable: 'Tis almost all a Desart: The Pyrates rob their Coasts, and the Arabians their In-land, yet the Inhabitants of Mesrata are rich by reason of their trade, which they have with the people of Europe and Negro's. They are entirely subject to the Turks. The Land bears plenty of Corn and Dates. The Peasants called Bereberes dwell in Booths or Hutts made of Palm-branches. As to the Islands, there is none worth our notice, except that of Gerbes, or Zerbi. It lyes near the mouth of the Gulph of Capes, about 200 paces from the little Syrtes, or banks of Sand, in the 31 Deg. and 30 min. Latitude. It is about 4 or 5 leagues round. It hath only some small Villages on the North side, defended by a Castle, where the Turks have a Garrison. The Soil is very Sandy and bears no Corn, but a little Barley: It produces plenty of Figs, Olives, and Grapes, which they dry and make merchandize of.</blockquote>

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==Etymology and other names==
==History==
==Geography==
==Demographics==
==Economy==
==Culture==
==Government==
==Military==
==Education==
==Transportation==
==Notable People==
==Sources from old books==

=== 1682. Cosmography and geography in two parts by Richard Blome. ===
<blockquote>THE Kingdom of TRIPOLI takes up the just moiety of the Coast of Barbary from Capes unto Egypt, and divides it self into two prin∣cipal parts or Provinces, which bear likewise the Title of Kingdoms, to wit, Tripoli and Barca. Tripoli is between the two Syrtes, now the Sands or Banks of Barbary. These are Gulphs of different greatness, but of the same nature; infamous for the Shipwreck of Vessels lost on their Flats or Rocks: among which the depth of the Water is very unequal, and changes often, there being sometimes much, sometimes a little, and sometimes none at all. The Little Syrtes, now the Gulph of Capes, separates Tripoli from Tunis: The Great Syrtes, now the Gulph of Sydra, divides it from Barca; this to∣wards the East, the other towards the West, and on the South it is bounded with Billidulgerid, and on the North with the Mediterranean Sea. Its prin∣cipal Cities are El-Hamma, Capes, Zoara, the two Tripolies, Old and New, Sarmana, Lepeda, &c. 1. El-Hamma is in the Land,* 1.67Capes and the rest on the Sea; between El-Hamma and Capes is a Lake excellent against Leprosie. 2. Capes of Old Tacapa hath good Walls, and a good Castle; but its Port dange∣rous, and incapable to receive either many or great Vessels; it is scituate at the fall of the River Triton into the Lesser Syrtes. 3. Zoara, of old Pisida, between Capes and Tripoli, hath its Land so dry, that the Inhabitants are forced to water it, and yet will scarce produce any thing save Barley and some Fruits; among which, Lotos, with which they make an excellent Metheglin, but it lasts good not above 9 or 10 days. Flesh is here very scarce, they not having wherewith to feed Beasts. The Arabs frequent their Markets, and serve them with Wools, wherewith they make Cloaths and other Manufactures. 4. Tripoli the Old, of old Sabrata, and which the Arab of Nubia calls the Tower of Sabrat, hath only some Hamlets, and Remnants of fair and stately Edifices. 5. The New Tripoli, of Old Oea, is better maintained, though it hath many Ruins, by reason of the divers changes it hath had. The disposi∣tion of its places, Streets, and the order of its Buildings is agreeable, being a∣dorned with many fair Mosques, Colledges, Hospitals, &c. The Inhabitants subsisted only on their Commerce, which is of what they got from their Palm-Trees, Lotos, and Linnen-Cloth, which they uttered in Africa, Sicily, and Malta; besides their black and Ethiopian Slaves, which they sold; till of late they have much enriched themselves by Piracy, it being the usual retreat for Pirates, who infest these Seas, and do much mischief to Christian Mer∣chants on the Coasts of Italy, Sicily, and elsewhere. 6. Lepeda is in some repute, as it was in the time of the Arab of Nubia, and more under the Ro∣mans: Farther is the Great Syrtes, at the bottom of which is the Isle Sydra, which communicates its name to the Gulph; and on the Firm Land are the Tombs of Philenes or Arae Philenarum, which set the Limits between Africa and Libya; and afterwards between the Estates of the Carthaginians and the Cyrenians; and in fine, of the Eastern Empire against that of the West: And, 7. Sebeicum, a City near the Sea-shoar, nigh to which are three small Isles. Along the Coast are some Isles, among which that of Gerbes is well known;* 1.69 formerly it was joyned to the Firm Land by a Bridge. It had two Cities; now hath nothing but one Castle worth notice, and many Hamlets which gather little Corn, but much Fruits; among the rest Lotos, so sweet and pleasant, that the Companions of Ʋlysses having tasted them, sought no longer to go into their Country. This Isle hath about 18000 Paces circuit, yields one of the greatest Revenues to the King or Bassa of Tripoli, by reason of the confluence of Merchants, who fetch thence Cloth and divers Scuffs, and carry them to Alexandria in Egypt, &c. one of the principal parts of the Revenue of the same Bassa, is the Saffron of the Mountain of Garian, which is on the South of Tripoli: And this Saffron is found the fairest, and the best of all others.</blockquote>