() Mombaza, Monbaza, or Mombazza; Arab. For this, and feveral Cities on that Coast, were built by a Colony of the Arabs, who about A. D. 930, fettled a Trade there. A very large and wealthy City, having a good Trade, and is the Capital of a fmall Kingdom of the fame Name, in a little Ifland, 12 Miles in Compass; 70 Miles from Melind, 150 Leagues from Quiloa, near the Line, in the Eaftern Ocean; fubject to the Emperor of Ethiopia in Zanguebar, but very fruitful and populous: It was once poffefs'd by the Portuguese, but now fubject to the King of Mombofa, who calls himself Emperor of the World. Zanguebar and Zingebar, Ind. comes from Bar ; i. e. The Coalt of the Zinges or Nigros, who first traded there with the Arabs, about A. D. 930.

(n) Quiloa, or Kiloa; Ethiopick. A capital, rich, and pleasant City, upon a River, and in an Ifland of the fame Name, between Mofambique and Melind, on the Eat Shore of Africa, near Zanquebar, in Ethiopia Inferior. This Kingdom extended 250 Leagues along the Coaft, 'till Francis de Almeyda burnt the City, and made the Kingdom tributary to Portugal, A. D. 1505. But the Natives rebuilt it, and pay a yearly Tribute to the King of Portugal. They fpeak the Arabic, and are Muhammedans. The Kings of Quiola were Mat

ters of Mombaza, Melinda, and other Islands thereabout. The Arabs traded firft there, then the Muhammedans, and at laft the Portuguese.

(o) Melind, or Melinda; Ethiop. The Capital of a fmall Kingdom on the Coaft of Zanguebar, between Mombaza and Pata, belonging to Ethiopia Superior, near the Lake Calice. The Town is near the Sea, with a convenient Port: The King of it made a League with Emanuel King of Portugal, A. D. 1500. The City is very rich, and abounds with great Plenty; their Sheep are fo fat, that the Tail of them of them often weighs 30 Pounds, and fome more. The King of Melinda is ferv'd in great State ane Splendor, is a Muhammedan, as are most of his Subjects; the rest are Heathens.

(p) Sofala, Sophala, or Zophala; Ethiop. A pety Kingdom in Lower Ethiopia, between the River Magnice on the South, and the River Cuama to the North; fo called from Sofala, the Capital of it, which is fituated in a little land upon the Ethiopick Ocean. It is fuppofed by tome to be the Ophir; (Heb. Rich; because it abounded with Gold, Pearls, Ivory, Pe cocks, &c. See 2 Chron. 8. 18) to which King Solomon fent his Fleet; from the Abundance of Gold, and other rich Commodities of it. There the Merchants of Arabia Felix, after

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wards the Muhammedans, eftablifh'd their Religion, and fettled a great Trade there; and the Portuguese fince. Milton follows this Opinion here. All this vaft Tract on the Sea-Coaft is called Caffaria, and the People Caffers, i. e. Infidels, who have no Religion. There being a different People within 10 or 12 Miles of one another, they have continual Wars among themfelves.

(4) Ophir; Heb. Arab. i. e. Abounding in Riches; being a Place where the pureft Gold abounded; about which there are many Conjectures among the Learned: Or from Ophir, the Son of Joktan, the Son of Sem, who firit fettled there. There is one of that Name in Arabia, whence King David brought much Gold; another in the Eaft Indies, from which King Solomon and Hiram King of Tyre fetch'd Gold and many other valuable Commodities; which fome now take to be the Inland of Ceilon, where there is an Haven called Hippor, and the Phonicians, Ophir; others Pegu; fome Sumatra, Japan, Taprobana, Sofala, &c.

(r) Congo; Ethiop. It is a vaft Country, called by fome Lower Guinea, which has Part of Negroland on the North, Ethiopia on the Eaft, Caffraria on the South, the Ocean and Guinea on the West, and lies on the Western Shore of Africa in the

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Lower Ethiopia; fo called from the capital City. Others call it Manicongo, i. e. The Province of Congo. It is very fruitful, well water'd, abounds with all Sorts of very good Fruits, Plants, Herbs, Beafts, Crocodiles, and Serpents; fome of thefe Serpents are fo large, that they devour a whole Stag at once. Congo is divided into fix Provinces, viz. Bamba, Songo, Sunda, Pango, Patta and Pemba. The Inhabitants were converted to the Chriftian Faith by the Portu guefe, A. D. 1490; but forfook it, because the Plurality of Wives was denied them, as Sir Walter Ralegh fays.

(s) Angola Ethiop. The ancient and true Name of it was Ambonde, and the People were called Ambondes; 'till one of their Princes, called Mani-Angola, i. e. The Governor of Angola, about 360 Years ago, with the Affiftance of the Portuguese, fubdued many petty neighbouring Kings, and made himself fole Monarch of them. He, for his mighty Acts, was called in their Language Inene, i. e. The Great; and from his Name this Kingdom was called Angola. This Kingdom is fituated between Malaman on the South, Malemba on the Eaft, and Proper Congo on the Weft, rear the Line; is well water'd, very fruitful, and populous; fo that the King can raise an Army of 100,000 Men. The People on the Sea-Coaft are

Chriftians, but thofe in the inland Regions are Heathens.

(t) Niger, or Nigir; Lat. i. e. Black; because it runs thro' a Soil all covered over with Duft, that is black and scorched with the Sun. It is the greatest River on that Side of Africa, rifing out of a Lake of the fame Name in the Country of Medra, of Upper Ethiopia, divides Nigritia (Lat. i. e. The Land of the Blacks) into two Parts, Eaft and Weft, makes a Lake called Borno, paffes by Congo, there it makes another Lake call'd Guar

da; and after a Courfe of 750 German Miles Weftward, falls into the Atlantic Ocean by fix great Streams, near Cape Verd. It overflows its Banks, as the Nile and many other Rivers do, for eight Days in the Month of June, and from the fame natural Caufe. The People of Nigritia are all Pagans.

(u) Almanfor, rather Almanfor; Arab. i. e. The Victor; as Seleucus King of Syria was ftiled Nicator, Gr. i. e. A Victor. Jofeph Almanzor 1. was King of Morocco, who invaded Spain with 60,000 Horse, and 100,000 Foot, A. D. 1158. He ufurped the Territories of the Spanife Moors, who invited him over, was beaten by the Chriftians, and flain with an Arrow at the Siege of Santaren in Portugal.

(x) Fez, rather Fefs and Feffa; Arab. i. e. Sprinkled with

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Duft: fpread out or large: Or from Phaz or Paz, Heb. i. e. Fine Gold; because Gold aboun. ded thereabout. A large wide Kingdom on the Weft of Barbary, having the Mediterranean Sea on the North, the Atlantic Ocean on the Weft, the River Malvia on the Eaft, Mount Allas and the River Ommirati on the South, which part it from Morocco. The Country is mountainous and defart; but in fome Places it produces all Manner of Grain, Almonds, Figs, very large Grapes, Cattle, Leopards, the beft Horfes in all Barbary, and the fierceft Lions in all Africa. It belongs to the Emperor of Morocco, is divided into feven Provinces, and is fo called from Fex the capital City, which was fo called from Phuts or Phut, the Son of Ham: For there is the River Phthuth near a River of the fame Name, and another called Sebon. It is about 12 Miles round, and contains many Gardens, Palaces, Mofques, and about 300,000 People; of whom there are about 5c00 Jews, and many rich Merchants. The chief Mofque in Fez is a Mile and an half in Compafs, the Roof is 150 Yards long and 80 broad; it hath 30 large Gates, and above 300 Cifterns to wash in. By other Writers this Country is called Lybia.

(y) Sufa; from Sus, the principal City, and a River of the fame Name; Arab. i. e. A Lilly. Another Kingdom of Morocco, containing leven Provinces, not well known as yet. It hath Morocco on the North, the Kingdom of Tafilet on the Eaft, the Atlantic Ocean on the West, and is not far from Mount Atlas.

(z) Algiers, Arab. i. e. The Iland; on account of a small Inland oppofite to the Mole. The largest Kingdom in Barbary, about 6000 Miles from Eaft to Weft, and 250 from North to South, upon the Mediterranean Sea, over-againft Minorca, and 100 Miles from Sallee. It was the Capital of Mauritania, in the Days of King Juba, and has been fubject to the Romans, Goths, Arabians, &c. The prefent Inhabitants are Moors, who fettled there after their Expulfion out of Spain, A. D. 1492. It is now very rich, and the most noted Pirates in Africa abound there. The English burnt their Ships in 1655 and 1670. The French bombarded their City in 1688. The City is one of the fineft, largeft, ftrongeft, richeft, and moft populous in all Africa: The City is a League about. The Africans call it Muzgunna, from the Bene Muzgunna, i. e. The Sons of Muzgunna, who firft founded

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it, long before the Romans: The Arabs call it Al-Jezeirat; the Moors, Izeir; the Turks, Jezair; and the Europeans, Alger, Algiers, Algier, &c. It lies in a fpacious Bay close by the Sea, at the Bottom of a steep Hill. The Mole was begun by Heyradin Barbaroja, i. e. Red-Beard, a Pyrate, A. D. 1531.

(a) Tremifen, Tremixen, Tremillen, properly Flemizen; Arab. The Arabs call it Marfa, i. c. A Port; and Al-kibir, i. e. The Great; being the Portus magnus of the Ancients; the fineft, fafeft, and largest Harbour in all Africa; but now it is a poor Remnant of a vaft Kingdom. A Kingdom of Barbary, Weft of Algiers, about 300 Miles from Tremia, the capital City, which is very large, populous, and noble. It hath Fez on the Weft, Tunis on the East, and the Mediterranean Sea on the North. The Romans called it Cafarea Mauritania. Some fay this City was the Royal Seat of King fuba, and called Julia. This Kingdom is about 380 Miles long, but not above 25 Miles broad.

(b) Mexico; American, i. e. A Spring or Fountain, which rifes out of a little Hill, called Chapultepes, three Miles from the City, but convey'd in two Pipes upon Arches of Stone and

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Brick Or from Mexiti, the first Founder of it under Mexi their Captain, about A. D. 720: Or from Mexitili, their grand Idol. The first Name of it was Tenuchitan, i. e. A Fruit out of a Stone; because it was first founded near a great Stone, and Tree bearing fweet Fruit, called Nuchtli; and by the Spaniards, Tunas; wherefore Mexico beareth for its Arms, a Tree fpringing out of a Stone. It ftandeth in the Middle of two Lakes, like Venice in the Adriatick Sea, and Mantua a fine City of Italy, in a Lake 5 Miles long; one is fresh, ftanding Water, and full of Fish; the other is faltifh, bitter, ebbeth and floweth, but hath no Kind of Fish: One of them is 15 Miles long, and as much broad; the other is 45 Miles in Circuit: It was taken, plunder'd and burnt by the cruel Hernando Cortez, Aug. 13. A.D. 1521, in the 140th Year from the Foundation of the Royal Seat there; who murder'd above 1,000,000 of miferable Souls. God punish'd them by this cruel Scourge, for their abominable Idolatry For they had 2000 Gods, to whom they offer'd human Sacrifices; one Time 5000: They facrific'd 20,000 Men ayear; fo that in the great Temple, human Blood dash'd upon the Walls lay congeal'd above a Foot thick. This City giveth Name to the vaft Kingdom of Mexico in North America, and to the whole Northern Continent of it, which is about 23,000

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Miles round. It fuffered much by an Inundation of the Lake, A. D. 1629, whereby 40,000 People perifh'd, and by another in 1634. But now it is the richeft, nobleft, and moft popu lous City in all North America, confifting of 70,000 Houses, befides ftately Churches, Courts of Judicature, Colleges, Palaces, &c. The People are of the Communion of the Church of Rome, the reft Pagans.

(c) Montezume, Motezume, Molezuma, or Molencama ; American, i. e. A furly Prince; the 2d of that Name, and 9th King of Mexico; one of the mightiest Emperors upon Earth; he had 2000 tributary Kings; his Topac, i. e. Palace, was most magnificent and immenfely rich, his Attendance and Grandeur incredibly noble; 'till Ferdinand Cortez with gooo Spaniards, affifted with the People of Thascala, (Amer. i. e. A Land of Bread, or A Lady of Bread, from Tecal, i. e. a Lady, and Tefcal, i. e. a Cake or Bread) vanquifh'd his Army, confifting of 350,000 Men, from A. D. 1518 to 1521, and have poffefs'd "Mexico ever fince.

(d) Cufco, or Cuzco; Amer. A vaft Country of South America, from the capital and Royal City of their Inge or Yncas, i. e. Kings. The City stands in a Plain among Hills, in a fine Air, a pleasant and fruitful Land, and is as beautiful as any City in Europe: The Walls were built of four-fquare Stone with wonder

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