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NAVAPOU'R, a town of Hindooftan, in Canara: fif¬ 
teen miles fouth-eaft of Barcelore. 
NA'VARCHY, f. [navarehus , Lat. captain of a ffiip.J 
Knowledge of managing fhips.— Navarc/ty, and making 
models for buildings and riggings of fhips. Sir W. Petty's 
Adv. to Hart lib. 1648. 
NAVAREUN', a town of Spain, in Arragon : twenty- 
feven miles well of Jaca. 
NAVAREDON'DA, a town of Spain, in the province 
of Leon : fifty miles ealt-fouth-eaft of Civdad Rodrigo. 
NAVAREDON'DA, a town of Spain, in the pro¬ 
vince of Leon : twenty-one miles eaft of Civdad Ro¬ 
drigo. 
NAVARET'TA, a town of Spain, in Old Caflile, 
fituated on a mountain : nine miles weft of Logrogno. 
NAVARET'TE (Fernandez), a diftinguilhed mif¬ 
fionary of the order of St. Dominic, was born at Pennafiel 
in Old Caflile. He had already occupied feveral polls in 
his order, when, in 1646, he left Spain for the purpofe of 
preaching the Chriltian faith in China. He was long de¬ 
tained in America, and did not Arrive at the Philippine 
Iflands till 1648. He was appointed a profelfor of theo¬ 
logy in Manilla, and employed himfelf in making profe- 
lytes in thofe iflands and at Macaffar, and at length 
reached China in 1659. He applied with fo much afliduity 
to the language, that he foon became able to fpeak and 
write it with facility. He was chief of the million in the 
province of Che-kiang in 1665, when a perfecution w j as 
excited in confequence of the Ephemerides of father 
Adam, a Jefuit, and the mifiionaries had orders all to re¬ 
pair to Pekin, whence they were fent to Canton, with 
permiffion to leave the empire. Of this Navarette did not 
immediately avail himfelf; and it was not till 1672 that 
he arrived at Madrid. He foon after went to Rome, where 
he gave an account of his million, which did him fo much 
honour, that he had the offer of returning thither with 
the epifcopal dignity. This he declined, and in 1678 was 
confecrated archbilhop of St. Domingo, in the poffeffion 
of which fee, which he governed with much prudence, he 
died in 1689. This millionary wrote a detailed account 
of his Travels, and particularly of what he obferved in 
China, in three volumes, of which the firfl appeared at 
Madrid 1676, folio, in Spanilli. It is elteemed one of the 
moll faithful and curious accounts of that country, 
though marked with the prejudices and narrow views of 
his profeflion. It is given in an Englifh tranflation in 
Churchill’s Collection. The printing of the fecond vo¬ 
lume was far advanced, when Don John of Aullria, Na¬ 
varette’s proteCtor, died, which gave the Inquifition 
power to fupprefs it. The freedom with which he fpoke 
of the contefts between the Jefuits and the other orders 
in China was probably the caufe of its fupprefiion. It 
has, how'ever, been often quoted by the Jefuit writers, 
who, doubtlefs, obtained a copy. It is not knowrn what 
becarite of the MS. of the third volume. 
NAVARIN', a fea-port town on the well coall of the 
Morea, fituated on the gulf of Zonchio. The harbour is 
large, and the moll frequented in the Morea : it is forti¬ 
fied, and defended with a citadel: feventy-two miles 
louth-welt of Argos, and eighty-eight louth-welt of Co¬ 
rinth. Lat. 37. 5. N. lon.21.25. E. 
NAVAR'RE, a province of Spain, and anciently a 
kingdom; bounded on the north-eall by France, on the 
eaft: by Arragon, on the fouth by Old Caflile, and on the 
well by Guipufcoa and Alava. The form is that of a 
lozenge. Its extent from north-eall to fouth-well about 
fifty-four miles, and from north-well to fouth-eall about 
forty-five. The climate is as pure and healthy, and withal 
as temperate and as pleafant, as can be defired, which may 
compenfate for fome defeCts in the foil; that, generally 
fpeaking, is none of the moll fertile. In fome of the 
valleys, how'ever, they have very good corn, excellent 
wine, both white and red; the former equal to any in 
France, the latter very little inferior to Burgundy. It 
abounds in good paftures, exceedingly well Hocked with 
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lheep and goats. They have likewife tolerable black 
cattle, and a very good breed of horfes. The mountains 
are covered with timber; and very few countries have 
venifon and wild fowl in greater plenty. It can fcarcely 
boaft of any great river, except the Ebro; and this ferves 
only for its frontier. The north-eall fide is bounded by 
the Pyrenean mountains, through w'hich there are ten 
pailes into France, leven or eight of which are difficult 
and dangerous. The valley of Roncevaux lies to the 
north-eall of Pampeluna, and leads, through a village 
called Burguet, which is the lalt in Navarre, to St. Jean 
Pie de Port, in France: this is the ealiefl and moll fre¬ 
quented pafs, and is famous for the defeat of the emperor 
Charlemagne. The king of Spain receives no revenue 
from this country, all the imports and duties being by 
compaCl to be employed in the public fervice. Navarre, 
from the year 718 to 151a, had its peculiar kings, of dif¬ 
ferent families: but in the laft-mentioned year was re¬ 
duced by king Ferdinand the Catholic, under the frivolous 
pretence, that John d’Albert its king, as ally of Louis 
XII. of France, with whom pope Julius II. was at vari¬ 
ance, had been declared an enemy to the church, and ex¬ 
communicated by that pope. This province is divided 
into five merindades, or jurifdiCtions. Pampeluna is the 
capital. 
Navarre was formerly very populous, but towards the 
end of the 16 th century there was a confiderable emigra¬ 
tion of its inhabitants, who removed into the province of 
France which took its name. According to the enume¬ 
ration of the years 1787 and 1788, the number of inha¬ 
bitants ought to be now 287,382; in which number are 
reckoned 753 pariffi priefts, 1166 fecular priefts, 1120 
monks, 510 nuns, 13,054 nobles, 172 writers, 1163 ftu- 
dents, and 9910 fervants The manufactures of Navarre 
have never been confiderable. Of brandy there are fome 
diftilleries at Eftella, Fuente de la Reyna, and Sanguefa. 
Cloth-manufaCtories are not fo frequently met with in 
Tudela as in other towns. At Tudela there are fix foap- 
manufaCtories, and others of tiles, bricks, and pottery. 
Eftella b.is fome looms of coarfe woollens. One league 
from Eguy there is a manufactory of call-iron bombs 
and balls, on the king’s account; and the town of Co- 
rella, containing about4ooo inhabitants, has a manufac¬ 
ture of liquorice-juice, which is extracted from the wood 
of this.tree, of which they make a fubftance : this is ex¬ 
ported in great quantities to the north of Europe, and is 
called with us Spani/h liquorice. The commerce of Navarre 
is entirely confined to imports. Of late the roads, which 
were formerly impediments to trade, have been improved; 
and the rivers Ebro and Bidazao afford an eafy commu¬ 
nication, of which the inhabitants might avail themfelves 
as an incentive to induftry and activity. Iron-mines in 
this province are rather abundant. Near Pampeluna 
there is a copper-mine, which was worked about the 
middle of the eighteenth century. On the ground near 
Valtierra is a mine of white rock-lalt, which is very abun¬ 
dant, in layers of gypfum : the interior of this mine re- 
fembles an ancient church in the Gothic ftyle. The 
mountains fupply plenty of game, hares, roebucks, foxes, 
wolves, wild boars, &c. This province has various mine¬ 
ral waters. The language of Navarre is the Caftilian, al¬ 
tered by a mixture of Bifcayan, Catalan, and French. 
Navarre has llill prelerved the ancient form of its go¬ 
vernment andconllitution, though we have heard of fome 
late encroachments fince the return of Ferdinand the 
Beloved. It is governed by a viceroy. The courts, in 
their form, powers, and legal proceedings, differ entirely 
from thofe of Spain. It is not only governed by its an¬ 
cient laws, civil and criminal, but has preferved its own 
ftates, compofed of the three orders, the clergy, the nobi¬ 
lity, and the deputations of towns. The ancient money 
has alfo been prelerved, viz. the cornado (half a marave- 
di), the ocharo (two maravedis), and the gros (fix ma¬ 
ravedis), which are fractions of pence ; the tarja, or eight 
maravedis; 4§- tarjas are equal one real of vellon, or 2|d. 
Navarre 
