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pirc, in 1467, by Mahomet II. by vyliom it was conquered, 

 after the death of Scanderberg, who had the courage to 

 maintain it agaii\ft tlic Turks and the Venetians. A fnisll 

 part of the weft ftill belongs to the Venetians, and is divide! 

 by them into fangiaes or governments. N. hit. 39'' to 4'j'"' 

 30'. E. long. iS" 32' to 21*^ 54'. 



Aldan- IX Py/,e, or Portx, thu yllhamaii PurLr, ?i. place 

 fituate on the Cafpian Sea, noitli of Cabanaea. 



ALBANO, a town of Italy, in the Canipagna of Rome, 

 fituatc within 15 miles fouth-calV of Rome, on a lake of 

 the fame name, at the dillancc of a mile from Caftello Gan- 

 dolfo, which was tlie favourite rcfulence of pope Clement 

 XI. ; and built in tlie time of Nero on the ruins of the an- 

 cient /llba Lon^-^i:. Tiiis place, on account of the pleafant- 

 nefs of its fitnation and the fahibrity of the air, ferves as 

 a fnmmev recefs for the nobility of Rome. It is lamous 

 for its excellent wine. It has the title of a principality, 

 and is the fee of one of the fix cardinal bidiops. At its 

 entrance is the ruin of a maufoleuni, faid to be the tomb 

 of Afcanius ; and there is anotlier maufoleum 45 feet fquare 

 with five pyramids 10 feel in diameter, which report al- 

 ledges to be the tomb of the Horatii and Curatii ; and 

 ■which fome think to be that of Pompey the Great. Among 

 other venerable remains of antiquity in and near this place, 

 there is feen the ruin of a palace of Domitian. The lake 

 of Albano is about feven miles in circuit and of an oval 

 form, and is furrounded by high mountains. The waters 

 of the lake are conveyed by a canal, which is faid to have 

 been made 39S years before Chrill. The mountain of Al- 

 bano, called Monte Cavo, has, on the Uip of it, the rnins of 

 a temple, dedicated to Jupiter and Juno. N. lat. 41° 43'. 

 E. long. 12° 29'. 



Albano is alio a town of Naples, in the Bafilicate ; 13 

 miles fouth-fonth-eaft of Acerenza. 



ALBANO POLI, a town of European Turkey in Al- 

 bania, iituate upon the Drin, 16 leagues from AlefliQ. N. 

 lat. 51° 48'. E. long. 20° 18'. 



AEBANOPOLIS, in yliicimt Geography, a town of 

 Greater Armenia. 



ALBANS, (St.) in Geography, a market-town in Hert- 

 fordlhire, in the north well road, about 21 miles from Lon- 

 don. It is a borough town, fends two members to parlia- 

 ment, gives the title of duke to the Beaurlerc family, and 

 has an excellent market for wheat. Tlie market days are 

 Wednefday and Saturday. This town was built near the 

 fite of the ancient Verulam. In the year 795', Offa, king 

 of the iVIercians, erected a monaftery in the place where St. 

 Alban fufFered martyrdom, and near to which the town was 

 afterwards built. The abljot was reputed, by favour of 

 pope Adrian IV. who was born near Verulam, the firfl in 

 dignity of all the abbots. The church of tliis monailery is 

 Hill in being, and much admired for its lize, beauty, and 

 antiquity. When the monks were turned out, it was pur- 

 chafed by the townfmen for 400 pounds, and converted 

 into a parochial church. N. lat. 51' 44'. W. long. 012'. 



Albans, St. H'lghlanJ, lies on the coaft of Dorfet, in 

 the Englifh channel, eail of Weymouth, and eight leagues 

 weft; of Dunnofe, on the back of the ifle of Wight. N. 

 lat. 50° 15'. W. long. 2° 5'. 



Albans, St. Jerfey IJland, is in N. lat. 49" 10'. W. 

 long. 2° 25', towards the fouth-weft point of the idand. Its 

 haven is within a deep bay, before which are Halier ifland to 

 the eaft, and St. Alban's ifland to the wed, nearly before 

 the town of that name, on the well fide of the bay. 



Albans, St. a townfliip of America, in Frankhn county, 

 Vermont, on Lake Cliamplain, oppofitc North Hero ifland. 

 Jt contains 256 inhabitants. 



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ALCANUM, ht yincient Geography, a town of Pannonia. 



Albanum Pompd'i, ananie anciently given to the prel'ent 

 Albano. 



Albanum mare, a name given by Pliny to that part of 

 the Cafpian fea, which bordered on Armenia. 



ALBANl'S, Joannes, in Biography, was received 

 Doctor in Medicine at Bologna, in the year 1616, where 

 he taught the theory and pradice of pliyfic feveral years, 

 and publiflied a treatife on the regimen to be obferved by 

 convalefcents. 



Alhanus, in jlndent Geography, a river of Albania, 

 thought by M. d'Anville to be Samura. 



Albanus Mans, the mountain adjoining to jlILa Lovga 

 or Albano ; and alfo a part of the jilUus Mons of Strabo, 

 which the Ancients confidered as forming the extremity of 

 the Alps, and together with the Monies B-.tbii feparaliiig the 

 further Liburnia and Dalmalia from Pannonia. 



ALBANY, a county of America, on Hudfon's river, 

 in the Hate of New York, lies between Ulller and Saratoga, 

 Its extent is 46 miles by 28. By the cenfus in 1796, the 

 number of elettors in this county was 6087, and the number 

 of towns 1 1. 



Albany, the chief town of the above county, is fituated 

 on the well bank of Hudion's river, 160 miles north of the 

 city of New York, and 340 fouth of Quebec. N. lat. 42" 

 39'. W. long. 73° 30'. This city and the fuburbs, in 1797, 

 contained 6021 inhabitants. The fitnation of Albany i» 

 peculiarly favourable for relklence and for commerce. It is 

 atthe head of a floop navigation, on one of the nobleft rivers 

 in tlie world ; the air is ialubrions ; and by the improve- 

 ments of roads and canals, which are contemplated, it is 

 expetled to encreafe and flourilh. The public buildings in 

 this town are a low l^utch church of ancient and curious 

 conltrudlion, one for the Epiieopallans, two for Prelby- 

 teriaus, one for Germans or High Dutch, and one for Me- 

 thodills ; an hofpital, city hall, and wtll-built brick gaol. 

 The corporation conlills of a mayor, recorder, iix aldermen 

 and as many affillants. In the vicinity of this city there 

 are extenfive works, in which the machineiy is moved by- 

 water, for the manufafture of Scotch and Rappee fnuff, 

 roll and cut tobacco, cliocolate, milliard, llarch, hair- 

 powder, fplit peafe, and hulled barley. 



Albany, a Britifli fortrels in New South Wales, in 

 North America, fituated on a river of the fame name. N. 

 lat. 52° 14'. 40". W. long. 81° 59' 58". 



Albany River, a river oi North America, which, after 

 running in a north-caft direclion, and communicating with 

 feveral fmall lakes, falls into James's bay, in N. lat. 5 1 ^ 30'. 

 W. long. 84° 30'. 



ALBARA, m Botany. See Canna. 



Albara, in Ancient Geography, a town of Syria, on the 

 borders of Phoenicia. 



ALBARAZIN, or Albaracin, in Geography, a for- 

 tified town of Spain, in the kingdom of Aragon, on the 

 river Gnadalavir, and near the frontiers of New Callile, is 

 the fee of a bifhop, fuffragan to the arclibilhop of Saragolfa, 

 and famous for its excellent wool, called by this name. It 

 is 30 miles fonth-well of Saragolfa, and 40 miles eall of 

 Madrid. N. lat. 40° 32'. E. long. 2" 10'. 



ALBARDEOLA, in Ornithology, a name given by 

 many authors to the spoon-^/VA 



ALBARII, in ylntiquity, properly denoted thofe who gave 

 the whitening to earthen vefTcls, &c. In which fenfe they 

 Hood contradlllingui(h£dfromrt£'i7/ii;/&;-«, whowhitened walls. 



ALBARIUM opus, in the Ancient Building, the incruf- 

 tation or covering of the roofs of honfes with white plailler, 

 made of mere lime. The workmen were called aliini, or alharii. 



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