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From there it is 120 miles to Bugia.^{1The Arsenal MS reads "algieri" (Algiers) here, but other MSS give "Buggeia" (now Bejäia, Algeria)}
Bona^{2Now Annaba, Tunisia} is also situated east by northeast
over 200 miles further in this direction.^{3Literally, "by these winds."}
Between these two cities we reckon
it is 130 miles, then beyond that
you find Biserta^{3Now Bizerte, Tunisia}; according to general repute
Carthage the Great was near here
but there are no traces of it left.^{4The text here can also be interpreted to mean "and here are some pictures of it", but we are not aware of any manuscripts that actually contain pictures of Carthage on the map for this page.}

Sixty miles further along sits Tunis,
which has a port on a large bay.
This city is so closely aligned with Florence
that they nearly share sunset and dawn.^{5Dante, Paradiso 9.91-3.}
It is the capital of a kingdom and a great realm,
with fruitful soil. In fact,
while it is in the middle of Barbary^{6The Barbary Coast, that is, the Muslim states of north Africa; the term derives from the tribe of the Berbers, which is why some medieval spellings appear as "Berberia".},
it is nearer to Italy than anything else on that coastline.

Tunis stands along a line drawn between Jerusalem and Seville,
going from southeast to west.
It is also located within 200 miles
of the two larger islands of the circuit,
which are Sardinia and Sicily—
as if they form a triangle, when you look carefully.
Next, Africa^{7Al Mahdiyya, Tunisia} lies towards the south,
past Cape Bon on the righthand side.