Book 2
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The portion of the sea which washes Libya is called the Libyan Sea; that surrounding the land opposite is designated by the respective names of the Iberian, the Ligurian,The Gulf of Genoa. and the Sardinian Seas, while the remaining portion as far as Sicily is named the Tyrrhenian Sea.Vide Humboldt’s Cosmos, ii. 480. All along the coast between the Tyrrhenian and Ligurian Seas, there are numerous islands, the largest of which are Sardinia and Cyrnus,Corsica. always excepting Sicily, which is larger and more fertile than any of our islands. The remainder are much smaller. Of this number are, in the high sea, PandatariaVento Tiene. and Pontia,Ponza. and close to the shore Aethalia,Elba. Planasia,Saint Honorat. Pithecussa,Ischia. Prochyta,Procida. Capriae,Capri. Leucosia,A small island off the Capo della Licosa. and many others On the otherThe western side. side of the Ligurian shore, and along the rest of the coast as far as the Pillars, there are but few islands; the GymnasisaeMajorca and Minorca. and EbususIviça. are of this number. There are likewise but few islands along the coasts of Libya and Sicily. We may mention however Cossura,The island of Pantalaria. Aegimurus,Al Djamur, at the entrance of the Gulf of Tunis. and the Lipari Islands, likewise called the Islands of Aeolus.
