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A59140	A new systeme of geography, designed in a most plain and easy method for the better understanding of that science accommodated with new mapps of all the countreys, regions, empires, monarchis, kingdoms, principalities, dukedoms, marquesates, dominions, estates, republiques, Soveraignties, governments seignories, provinces, and countreys in the whole world with geographical tables, explaining the divisions in each mapp / John Seller ...	Seller, John, fl. 1658-1698.	1685 (1685)	Wing S2477; ESTC R3904	48,442	207

and Judaism Mahometism possesses Barbary Biledulgerid Egypt Zaara the desart part of the Negroes and a good part of Zangubar Paganism holds part of the Negroes Nubia and Guinea and all the Lower Ethiopia with the Cafrees and some mixture otherwhere Christianity holds in Africa almost all the whole Empire of the Abissines and part of Egypt and by the Portugals in their several Factories and Colonies that they have upon the Coasts of Africa As for Judaism it is scattered in many Cities on the Coast of Barbary as at Morocco Fez Algier c. Likewise in Egypt and on the Confines of the Abassines CHAP. II. Of the Country of Africa in particular Of Barbary THe People in Barbary are of a duskish or blackish Complexion of Stature Tall and well proportioned they are of an Active Disposition for Horsemanship otherwise excessive idle they are very subtil close perfidious inconstant Proud much addicted to Luxury and therefore by consequence very jealous of their Wives whom they keep with great severity and that the more according to their handsomness Their Religon is Mahometism and are for the most part inclined to Literature and Arts. The Moores of Fez and Morocco are well disposed strong active and yet melancholly they may marry four Wives and as many Concubines as they can keep Here the women at the death of their friends assemble themselves together habit themselves in Sackeloath and Ashes and sing a Funeral Dirge to the praise of the deceased and at the end of every Verse howl and cry and this they do for seven days together Of Billedulgerid BIlledulgerid or Land of Dates hath Barbary on the North from whence it is separated by Mount Atlas on the south Zaara on the west the great Ocean Sea and on the East Egypt The Air is healthful they live long are deformed and are held base people ignorant of all things are addicted to Theft Murther and are very deceitful they feed grosly and are great hunters they acknowledge Mahomet Of Zaara ZAara is an Arabian name and signifie Desart The Country is generally hot and dry it hath but little water except some few wells and those salt if there falls great rains the Land is much better but besides the leanness of the soil there is sometimes such vast quantities of Grashoppers that they eat and ruine all that the earth produceth It is so barren and ill Inhabited that a man may travel a week together without seeing a tree or scarce any grass or water The People are Bereberes and Africans almost all follow Mahometism This great desart is divided into five principal parts as is shewed in the Table and Map Of the Land of Negroes THe Negroes are People about the River Niger which hath taken its name from these people and these people from their Colour In this Division are placed several Kingdoms as you will find marshall'd in the Table and what is remarkable in them we shall briefly touch Some of the Kingdoms are rich in Grain Cotton Cattle and Gold the Country of the Negroes is esteemed as fertile as those watred with the Nilo it bears twice a year and each time sufficient to furnish them with Corn for five whole years which makes them not sow the Lands but when they judge they shall have need they keep their Corn in Pits and Ditches under ground which they call Matamores The People are generally idle and ignorant but bear great respect to their Kings Of Guinea GVinea is that part of the Coast of Africa which is found between the River Niger and the Equinoctial Line This Coast from East to West is 7 or 800 Leagues long and not above 100 or 150 in breadth The Soil of Guinea very fertile and for the most part bears twice a year because they have two Summers and two winters The Comodities of the Country are Gold and Elephants Teeth in great abundance in Wax Hides Cotton and Ambergreese and for these Commodities they barter for course Cloath both Lannen and Woolen Red Caps Freez Mantles and Gowns and leather bags Guns Swords Copper Bars and Iron Knives Hammers Axes c. The Inhabitants go naked save about their Waste they tye a piece of Linnen yet very proud and stately in matters of Religion great Idolaters worshiping Beasts on this Coast are several Factories belonging to the Royal African Company Of Congo TO the southward of the Equinoctial Line and unto Cape Negroe lies the Kingdom of Congo and is said to be the fairest of the lower Ethiopia The Inhabitants are naturally very sweet and are able and strong of body but dull and idle their money is of grey shells their Grains Fruits Waters Fowl Sea and River Fish are excellent they have store of Elephants Mines of Silver Iron Chrystal Marble Jaspar Porphyre c. They know no History but by the Reigns of their Kings The most famous Rivers of this Kingdom are the Zaer the Lelunda the Zair descends from the Lane of Zair from whence also descends the Nile The Zaer hath 400 Leagues Course and is very Rapid by reason of the Cataracts or great falls which it hath from the Mountains Of Biafara BIafara is a Kingdom in the lower Ethiopia in the Gulf of St. Thomas by our English-Seamen called the Bight the people very Barbarous their habits made of Mats they adict themselves to Witchcraft and sometimes sacrificing their children to Devils Of Monomotapa THE Monomotapa that is the Emperor King or Soveraign of Motapa and possesses an Empire so great that it is 1000 Leagues Circuit this Prince deports himself with gravity and that there is no access to his person but with very great submissions he is alwayes adorned with Chains and precious stones like a woman The Inhabitants are all black of mean Stature and excellent good footmen that they are said to out-run horses The Woods have great store of Elephants as also other Beasts rich Pastures well surnished with Cattle plenty with Grains Fruits Fowl and is well watered with Rivers in which are abundance of Fish the Air temporate their summer is when we have our winter and their winter is when we have our Summer Of the Abissines THE Empire of the Abissines Heylin makes to be the Dominions of Prester John and saith he is of such great force that he is able to raise upon a sudden occasion a million of fighting men his Government is absolutely Tyrannical The people profess the Christian Religion which was first made known to them by the Eunuch of Queen Candace who was baptized by Philip the Evangelist and more generally by the Preaching of Saint Mathew the Apostle since which they have much swerved from the Purity of the true Religion by their many Corrupt Opinions they keep many of the Ceremonies of the old Law they keep the seventh day Sabbath according to the fourth Commandment they allow their Priests no yearly maintenance neither will they suffer them to beg they get their livelyhood by their own labour

wealth in some places they have good VVines and Corn. Of Italy I Taly is the most famous Region of Europe very much Resembling the form of a mans legg A most Pleasant Countrey Commodious for Traffique and Exceeding fertile 'T is bounded on the East with the Adriatick Sea South and West with the Tyrrhene Sea on the North with the Alps being in length 1020 Miles and in Breadth not above 440. in the Broadest place It abounds with Corre Wine and Oyl yields plenty of Almonds Pomegranats c. The whole Countrey seeming as an intire Garden The People were Anciently famous for their Valour and Prudence and are still Courteous and Grave and very Obliging to Strangers yet much Enclining to Jealousy and Wantonness and sharp Revenge sparing in Diet but neat their greatest Expences are about their Gardens Here about 1600 year agoe the Latine tongue Florish'd being vulgarly spoken but afterwards by the Invasions of the Gothes and Vandales and other Barbarous Nations the Common Speech became mixed and degenerated which at this day we call the Italian and is still a most Delicate Noble and Courtly Language The Capitall City is Rome once Mistris of the World in Temporalls and still pretending to be so in Spiritualls in Compass about 11 Miles but full of Gardens and waste ground so that its supposed not to Contain above 250000 Soules two parts in three of whom are Clergy men and Curtezans But in the Flourishing of the Roman Empire it contained 50 Miles in Compass and not Fewer then 3 or 4 Millions of People as is found in Authentick History After the Emperours removed their Seat to Constantinople the Bishop of Rome taking Advantage by their absence by pretended Donation from Constantine made himself absolute Prince of a great part of Italy called St. Peters Patrimony and the Lands of the Church and the rest in time became Cantonized into severall Petty Principalities and States In the Bottom of the Adriatick now called the Gulf of Venice stands the famous City and Virgin Commonwealth of Venice Situate on many Islands and the water running through every street being in compass 8 Miles Containing 70 Parishes many Excellent Pallaces and Curious Buildings Of the Principal Islands in the Mediteranean Sea Of Sicilia THis Island is the chiefest of all the others in the Mediterranean Sea and is a Kingdom of it self it is in Circuit about 780 Miles it is of a Triangular Shape It is very plentiful and abundant in most things especially Corn it yields most Delicate Wines sweet Oyl Sugar Honey Silk Safron great store of Salt and by reason of the sweet Temperature they have all Sorts of Fruits as also Mines of Gold Silver Iron and Allom there are also found Emeraulds and Agates and other Precious Stones The Countrey breeds an Excellent Race of Horses and amongst the Hills and Mountaines there is the famous Mount Etna now called Mount Gibello although it lyes covered with Snow et from the topp Issues forth flame and smoke and sometimes casteth forth such a quantity of Ashes that the fields are Covered therewith There are at present 12 Episcopall Cityes the three whereof as Palermo Messina and Monwale are Arch Bishopricks all very rich Palermo is the Royal seat of the whole Kingdome The Sicilians are very Ingenious and sharpe witted People Eloquent and Pleasant desirous of Honour the Island is under the Power of the King of Spain Of Sardinia THe Island of Sardinia lyeth in the Mediterranean or Tyrrhenean Sea whose Circuit is 560 Miles it is Divided into two parts one is more Hilly then the other the Island produce 〈◊〉 Excellent Wines and abundance of Cattell and great store of Cheese they have good Horses but not very high here are many hot Bathes Salt pitts Mine● of Silver Brimstone and Allom. This Island hath two Arch Bishopricks the one is Cagliari and is the chief City Seated on a Mountain having a fair Port the other is Oristano very meanly Inhabited by reason of a bad Ayre is has a Port and a great River The Sardes are a Rude People and uncivil well able to endure Labour and hardness good Hunters not daynty in food not Curious in Apparell They formerly had a language of their own but now Corrupted and in the the Cities they speak Spanish Of Corsica THis Island hath been Inhabited with divers Sorts of People it is in length 120 Miles It is Divided into two parts the Easterne part is called the Interior and the other on the West called the Exterior side the Island is every where Enclosed with Rocky Clifts and within the land very Hilly it produceth Horses of a fierce Nature and Hounds of a wonderfull Bigness First this Island was possessed by the Tyrheans and afterwards by the Carthaginians but they were driven out by the Romans which were also Expulsed by the Saracens which were likewise subdued by the Genoeses under whose Jurisdiction it remaines Of Malta THis Island is renowned for the residence of the great Master of the Knights of Jerusalem the Circuit is 60 Miles the land is Stony without River in it they have store of Sheep Goats Oxen Asses Mules Coneyes and Partridges the Inhabitants ●re very brown swarthy Colour by reason of the heat of Summer the Women are fair but they hate Company and when they goe abroad they are Covered Upon this Island was the Shipwrack of St. Paul the chief town and seat of the Bishop is called Malta Of Corfu COrsu is one of the Islands in the Ionian Sea in Circuit 300 Miles and 40. in length the South part Hilly but the North part plain one Mountain Excepted which stands neer the Sea on whose top is seated Castle Nova underneath it Castle Vechio and at the foot of the Hill lyes the City of Corfu shut in and enclosed between those two Castles the Aire is very sweet and good it abounds with Cedar trees Orange trees and other Fruits it is Plentifull in Honey Wax Wine and Oyl Fish and wild Fowl and wild Beasts to the great pleasure and pastime of the Inhabitants in their Hunting and Hawking Recreations Of Candia THis Island is one of the most famous in the Mediterranean Sea it reaches 270 Miles in length and 50 Miles in breadth This Isle was ormerly called Crete and had at that time 100 Cities it is Hilly in the Easterne part it abounds with Olive trees Oranges Cedars and Excellent Wine called Malmsey or Muscadine and in their Valleyes Exceeding fair Pastures This Island hath been lately famous for the great and eninent defence it made against the Turk but at last was forc'd to yield the Conquest thereof to them so the Venetians lost it after a long and tedious siege The Chiefe City of the Island is called Candia Of Cyprus THis Island is 550 Miles in Circumference in length it is 200 and in breadth 65 Miles It is Divided into two parts by a Mountain which runs through it from East and West the Ayre is very hot

Lima 4. Cusco and 5. Arica of which we have no other Relation than what the Spaniards reports Of Brasil THough it lies under the Torrid Zone nevertheless the Air is Temperate and Fertile The Commodities besides Brasil are Amber Balsom Tobacco Train-Oyl Cattle of divers sorts Sweet-Meats and Sugar in abundance It is divided into several Capitanies as 1. Siara 2. Saltan 3. Para 4. Paraiba 5. Pernambuco 6. St. Salvador 7. Ilheos 8. Porto Segaro 9. Spirito Sancto 10. St. Sebastian and 11. St. Vincent Of Amazones AMazones or Guiana hath its Name from a River so called the Air is Healthful the Soil is good in some places for Tillage of Maniac Cotten Sugar Tobacco Gums Wood. Stones of divers sorts Parrots and Monkeys Places of most Note are 1. Coropa and 2. Villago Dor but very little known to us by reason that the Spaniards suffer none besides their own Nation to come into the Countrey but kill all strangers they find Of Terra Firma OR Castill del Ore the latter given by the Castilians the chief places are 1. Panama 2. Cartagena 3. St. Fed Bagota 4. Venezuola 5. Surranam and 6. Manoa The Air is very unhealthful the Commodities divers as Balsom Rosin Gums Long Pepper Dragons Blood Stones of divers sorts and Gold They have several sorts of Beasts as the Viuves or Rams c. which you may find in Helyns Cosmography The chief Rivers in this Southern America are 1. Oronoque which overfloweth once a Year as doth the Nilus 2 Amazones the greatest and swiftest in all America 3. St. Francisco 4. Paraguay or Plata 5. Vraguay Of the Islands of AMERICA Of the Caribbees BEtween South and North America li●s several Islands the first are the Carribee or Cannibal Islands which are several small Islands which lie extended from the Coast of Paria to the Isle Porto Rico the chief are 1. Granada 2. St. Vincent 3. Dominica 4. Barbados 5 Antego 6. St. Christophers 7. Nevis 8. Monserat c. The Air good considering how they lie the chief Commodities being Sugar Cotten Ginger and Tobacco Inhabited by several Nations Of the Lucaie Islands SO called from Lucaien the Name of the biggest of little Note unless for a Fountain which is said to Renew Youth again and for their handsome Women of which they are reported to have great store Of Porto Rico. THe Air is very Temperate and pleasant the Soil indifferent Fertile the Commodities Sugar Ginger and Cassia Of Barmudas IT is an Isle of a good Temperature the Soil Fertile and Good yielding Two Crops a Year having excellent Fruits the Commodties are Sugar Oranges Cochaneel and Tobacco and some Cotten also they have but no great store It is subject to the Crown of England Of Jamaica THe Soil Rich and Fat the Trees and Plants being always green and pleasant the Air more temperate than any of the other Isles The Commodities besides Sugar Cotten Indico and Tobacco are divers and plenty they have Cattle Fowl Fish and Fruits of divers sorts It is subject to the King of England Of Cuba THe Air is temperate and good the Soil fertile the Commodities are Ginger Cassia Mastich Aloes Cinamon and Sugar also Gold but somewhat drossy Of Hispaniola THis is much like Cuba saving that the Gold is more pure without Dross It is subject to the King of Spain somewhat Hot and Unhealthful much subject to Thunder and Lightning by reason of its situation so near the Equinoctial CHAP. III. Of North America in Particular Of New Miexico IT is a Province little known to the Europians the Inhabitants being divers in Language Manners and Customs It is divided into New Mexico Arian Quiviria and Libola Of Mexico or New Spain A Countrey enriched with innumerable Mines of Gold and Silver The Air temperate the Soil fertile and good The chief Towns are 1. Mexico 2. Guatamala 3. Truxillo 4. Acupulco 5. Panaco The Commodities besides Gold and Silver are Copper Iron also Wool Silk Sugar and divers Medicinal Drugs They have also several other Commodities which are too long to insert in this place It is fully subject to the Spaniard Of Florida IT is a place of very good Temperature the Soil very Fertile full of Fruit Trees the Towns well peopled yet the Coast is very inconvenient for great Vessels by reason of the Shallowness of the Water Places of most Note are St. Martha and Cofa Of Carolina IT is a Countrey blest with an excellent Temperature of Air the Soil Rich and Fertile producing excellent Fruits the Earth also apt to bring to Maturity Corn all sorts of Garden Herbs and Roots The Commodities are Wines Oyls Silk Cotten Indico Ginger and Tobacco plenty of Fish Fowl and Cattle the chief Town is Charles Town Governed by one at the Appointment of the Proprietors Of Virginia THe Air of this place is sufficiently pleasant the Soil exceeding Fertil it produceth all sorts o● Grain and Pulse divers sorts of Garden Herbs and Roots Silk Worms also which make good Silk the Commodities divers but the chief is Tobacco The place of most Note is James Town Governed by one Deputed by the King of England Of Pensilvania IT is a place not yet well Planted but may be in time the Soil and Air being fit for the Nature of an Englishman Granted by Patent from his late Majesty King Charles the Second unto William Penn Esq and his Heirs for ever and therefore caled Pensilvania Of Mary-land HAving given you so full an account of Virginia I need say little more only that the general way of Commerce in both places being by interchanging one Commodity for another and that which setteth a Price upon all other is Tobacco there being such abundance of this Imported into England that the King hath 60000 l. per Annum for Excise and Custom The chief Town is Baltamore Of New Jersey FOr Temperature of Air and Fertility there hath been enough said already in Virginia and mary-Mary-land this place partaking of all the Properties and Advantages of them both Of New York A Colony so called from his Royal Highness the Duke of York our present King A Countrey sound to produce the same Birds Beasts Fishes and Fruits with New England being Rich and Fertile The chief Town James Town Of New England IT is a vast Tract of Land healthfully seated the Soil exceeding Fertile for it yields Wheat Rye Pease Beans Barley Cats Indian Corn Flax Hemp and all sorts of English Herbs It hath plenty of Cattle of divers sorts Fish Fowl and good Cyder It excels with good Cellarage to preserve all which is not common in Virginia the chief Commodities are Furs Flax Amber Iron Pitch Tar Masts and Timber to Build Ships Their Metropolis is Boston well seated and adorned with fair and beautiful Houses and well peopled Of New Scotland New France Canada THree Places full of Stags Bears Martens Hares Foxes and store of Conies Fowl and Fish not over Fertile The chief places are Port Royal in New