. A Collection of voyages and travels [microform] : some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English : in six volumes with a general preface giving an account of the progress of navigation from its first beginning. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. V^. ^â ^'yr*^ -r\ ] l>, SI", kingdoms join lo Hniin on tlic , Imt ilicrc is To litilc inicr- Iictwtrii I he ix-opli', wc notliinn ot ihcm, Init ilicy arc botli tributaries to thf king ot Hrnni; ami there arc oilier kingdoms Gaioit ;ind I
. A Collection of voyages and travels [microform] : some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English : in six volumes with a general preface giving an account of the progress of navigation from its first beginning. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. V^. ^â ^'yr*^ -r\ ] l>, SI", kingdoms join lo Hniin on tlic , Imt ilicrc is To litilc inicr- Iictwtrii I he ix-opli', wc notliinn ot ihcm, Init ilicy arc botli tributaries to thf king ot Hrnni; ami there arc oilier kingdoms Gaioit ;ind Ijii^o, lying aboiit t iglii ilays journey above Octio, i)\ion the river J''frmiii',i; which to the northward border on the kingdom of /j'.Vi, a very ridi louniry, extending to tiie f^rrat lake Sigi/'m/'f, where the Niger ]n\\'\ its name, and takes that of /i.», or white river, â¢i!i,is tiic St-nri^rt, as has been iiKiiiionM l)elbre. North by eafl \(o\ViGabon, is I lie kingdom of 'I'ljiniiiii, wliofc iniiabi- tants are fiid to be man-eaters, cxtiiui- ing to tile A'(ji7 } beyond whieh river is the Kingdom of Ze^^^^i^, being a part of the ) coiMUiy lying between Bilo and T,'- ?.'/;,)V on the (outh, ami on the well, ami /i) from its metropolis of the fanii' name -, on the eafl of which, \s'/.,iii- j'va or Vharan. The above-mentioned kill!','"'" "' (â¢â¢il'i'ttt is faid to lie rieh in JHp, r and llav^s â¢, and beyond , is the king, ioni of Outii^.ira, extending to the .V;;;r, trom whence they bring gold, ii na and Haves. We arc alio toKl of another kingdom called Ruijia, lying to tlie eailward of &â¢- mi:; whicii, according toi'ome geographers, fivir. turn round the Bif^hl of Cuinea, or gulph of I'.tbiopid, and to four di grees of Ibiith latitude, whence has been name of the coaft of Binfra. This kingdom northward borders on tliofe of Ifa^o and Gahou i eaftwanl it extends to the king- dom of Medra\ weft ward to
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