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As you go from Africa^{1Not the continent but the city of Al Mahdia} to Capulia^{2Rass Kaboudia, Tunisia, a point south of Tunis} and then to Facesse^3Sfax,
there are many shallows on the far side.
Whoever wants to navigate from there to Capesse^{4Gabes, Tunisia},
can sail along the shore by way of a channel,
and after that, follow it as far as Rasamabes^{5Ra's al Makhbaz, Libya}.
But if you need to turn around here,
you can get to Tunis by the northwest wind;
it is a straight shot for three hundred miles.

Next is Tripoli, city of Barbary^{6As previously, referring to the coast of north Africa but derived from the tribe of the Berbers.},
which is up that way about fifty-five miles to the east.
Misurata is along the same route,
two hundred miles of hardship
—and twice again—until [Cape] Rausem ^{7Ras es-Sem, Libya},
where the great Atlas mountain [range] begins.
This leaves behind the gulf on the righthand side,
with Zianarra^{8 Az-Zuwaytinah, Libya}, Benghazi, and Tolometta^{9Ad Dirsiyah, Libya}.

For those who continue to follow the curve of the gulf,
it's more than two hundred miles along the coast.
From the peak of Rausem to Bonandrea^{10now Ra's al Hilāl, Libya}
it is a hundred miles or so with a steady wind.
Luco^{11Lukk, Libya} is about two hundred miles further,
and from there to Alexandria it is four hundred.
Almost half that distance again is La Rassa^{12Often labeled in the maps as Larissa; now al-ʿArāʾish, Sinai}:
this is a low-lying region.