ESTREMADURA, a province of Spain, has New Castile on the east, Leon on the north, Andalusia on the south, and Portugal on the west. It is 175 miles in length, and 100 in breadth; and its principal towns are Calatrava, Menda, and Badajoz, on the river Guadiana; Alcantara, on the Tajo; and Cona and Placentia, to the north of this river.
This province enjoys a very pure and healthful air, and its mountains are full of wild and tame animals; they having woods and forests for the one sort, and pastures for the other. The fields are planted with fruit-trees, which bear all kinds of delicious fruit. The vineyards produce excellent wines of all colours, and the fields yield plenty of corn.