THE FIRST VOYAGE TO GUINEA a.d. 



1553- 

 of the kingdome of Tunis are these : Goletta, Bizerta, 

 Potofarnia, Bona, and Stora. The chiefe cities of 

 Tunis are Constantina and Bona, with divers other. 

 Under this kingdom are many Hands, as Zerbi, Lam- Hands of 

 padola, Pantalarea, Limoso, Beit, Gamelaro, and Malta, ^f^f' 



r i ^ ■ -i ' r i Malta. 



where at this present is the great master or the 



Rhodes. Under the South of this kingdom are the 



great deserts of Lybia. All the nations in this Africa The deserts of 



the lesse are of the sect of Mahomet, and a rusticall L y bta - 



people, living scattred in villages. The best of this part 



of Afrike is Barbaria lying on the coast of the sea Barbarie. 



Mediterraneum. 



Mauritania (now called Barbaria) is divided into two Mauritania. 

 parts, as Mauritania Tingitana, and Caesariensis. Mauri- 

 tania Tingitana is now called the kingdom of Fes, and The kingdom 

 the kingdom of Marocco. The principall citie of Fes °ff es ^ 

 is called Fessa : and the chiefe citie of Marocco is named 

 Marocco. 



Mauritania Csesariensis is at this day called the king- 

 dom of Tremisen, with also the citie called Tremisen or Tremisen. 

 Telensin. This region is full of deserts, and reacheth 

 to the Sea Mediterraneum, to the citie of Oram, with the Oram. 

 port of Mersalquiber. The kingdom of Fes reacheth Mersalquiber. 

 unto the Ocean Sea, from the West to the citie of 

 Argilla : and the port of the sayd kingdom is called 

 Sala. Sa/a. 



The kingdom of Marocco is also extended above the 

 Ocean Sea, unto the citie of Azamor and Azafi, which Jzamor. 

 are upon the Ocean Sea, toward the West of the sayd 

 kingdom. Nere Mauritania Tingitana (that is to say, by 

 the two kingdoms of Fes, and Marocco) are in the Sea, 

 the Hands of Canarie, called in old time, The fortunate The Hands of 

 Hands. Toward the South of this region is the kingdom Canana - 

 of Guinea, with Senega, Jalofo, Gambra, and many other Guinea. 

 regions of the Blacke Moores, called Aethiopians or Aethiopians. 

 Negros, all which are watered with the river Negro 

 called in old time Niger. In the sayd regions are no 

 cities, but onely certaine lowe cottages made of boughes 



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