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this information from many merchants, Arabs, and Azanaghij 
and likewise from persons worthy of credit. 
NO. VI. 
LIST OF IMPORTANT BOOKS RELATING TO AFRICA. 
There are few ancient works relating exclusively to Africa. 
The following are the principal sources from which a know- 
ledge of its ancient state may be drawn. 
Herodotus, Historia. — j^gyptus et Ethiopia, lib. ii. et 
iii. princ. — Africa interior, lib. iv. 
Strabo Rerum Geographic, lib. xvii. in toto, lib. i, et 
ii. partim. 
DioDORUs SicuLus, Bibliotheca Historica. — iEgyptus, lib. i. 
iEthiopia et Lybia, lib. iii. 
Ptolem^us — Geographia, lib. iv. 
Plinius Histor. Natur. lib. v. cap. 1-8. 
Mela Pomp. — De situ Orbis, lib. iii. cap. 8, 9, 10. 
Hannonis, Periplus partium Lybicarum ultra columnas 
Herculis ap. Hudson. Geographi Graeci Minores, tom. ii. 
ScYLAcis Caryandrii Periplus. lb. p. 42-55. 
Arri ANi Periplus Maris Erythraei. Ibid. 
Agatharchides — De Rubro Mari. Ibid. 
Modern Illustrations of the Ancient Geographi/ of Africa, 
Campomanes Antiguedad Maritima de Carthago, 8vo. — 
A very learned work, containing a long discussion on the Pe- 
riplus of Hanno. 
Paris, Abbe. — Que les Anciens ont fait le tour de FA" 
frique." Academie des Inscriptions, vii. 79. 
Bougainville. — Memoire sur les Decouv^rtes faites le 
long des Cotes de I'Afrique, par Hannon. Ibid. xxvi. 10. 
