The Venetian gulf (Adriatic)
خليج البنادقة (الأدرياتيكي)
One of two gulfs branching from the Syrian sea. It starts east of Calabria near Adrat, runs north along the Venetian shore, and is about 1,100 miles long with some fifteen islands 1.
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The Venetian Gulf, which is the Adriatic, is one of two gulfs branching from the Syrian Sea, according to al-Idrisi. It begins east of Calabria at Adhrant, passes north, and then along the coast of the Venetians. Its length is about eleven hundred miles, and it contains about fifteen islands. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 11
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.11
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