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fidered as Pacrans, although chriftianity wa? introduced 

 among them before this period. Ruflia appears under ihe RufTia called 

 denomination of Tartary, and near the Calpian Sea and the p-^J^^^^l"l^l' 

 fea of Afof, are reprefenled the famous Bazars of thofe limes. Bazors re- 

 England and Scotland appear at the border, but there is no pf-'e-i'ed. 

 more room for Ireland. Africa exhibits none of the dif- 

 coveries of the Portuguefe, but the northern half of it was 

 known to the author as far as Soudan. He names not only It contains none 

 the villages along the coaft, but he moreover knows that the o^ the difcoveries 

 •..• r » , , . TTiL of the Portuguefe 



inhabitants or mount Atlas, the people or Barbary are at jn Africa. 



war with the Saracens. Near thefe mountains is infcribed. 



In illis mnntanis habitant plures principes et reges, et habitant 



continuo in tentoriis, et prxliantur continuo contra Saracenos, 



et contra juxta cajira et civitates *. In Egypt the junflion of The junft'on 



the grand caravan of Mecca is marked, and not only ihe °^^^ ^^'■'^'^"* 



names of the deferts of fand are inferted, but thofe alfo ot ;„ Egypc. 



the places moft important to commerce, as Tagaza, Ganu- 



fia, &c. 



The kingdom of Prefter John extends in Nubia ah o/?/o Extent of Prefter 

 gandis (Cape Gardefan) usque ad fluvium auri. Bianco 1'1<-p- fit'down.'"^'^'"" 

 wife fels down the kingdom of Prefter Jolin in Africa in 

 the fame manner, fo that the Portuguefe are not the firft 

 who have thus defcribed it. Afia does not prefent fewer Camps of the 

 fingularitie*. In Afia Minor the camps of the Tartars are T.f '^^ '" ^^** 

 reprefented ; Tartaria reges maxima, qua Tartari cum fuis 

 jnmentis et bobus excurrunt, civitatem ex multin tentoriis (t 

 carutes fituant. India is divided into India Juperior, where the divifions of 

 the body of St. Thomas is found, and many chriflian king-l"'^'"'/"'^ P°''»- 

 doms, and India interior, in qua Cathai civitas et magnificanis inferted, 

 Imperatoris Tartarorum fedes. China is likewife inferted in it, and China with 

 and its capital Cambalck (Cambalu Pekin) is alfo named. j^^'j^^P^^'^j^^^j^ ' 

 Oa tha frontiers of little Bucharia at Organti, (Urgang) 



* The Latin of the infcriptions in this paper is not very corre(5V, 

 Continuo is ufed in them for femper, and juxta for njicina, the 

 v.'ord JituMt h alfo improper, and fome others, but thefe circum- 

 ftances perhaps only mark more ftrongly the authenticity of the 

 account. In the infcripiion relative to India interior, a fmall 

 alteration has been made from the memoir in this tranflation. 

 The word magnificanii has been formed from magni canis in the 

 memoir, which being fo printed, evidently was an error, — B. 



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