a city of Germany in the circle of Lower Saxony, capital of the duchies of Zell and Lunenburg, situated at the confluence of the rivers Aller and Fulda, 30 miles north of Hanover, and 40 south of Lunenburg. E. Long. 10° 12'. N. Lat. 52° 49'.

ZEMBLA Nova, a very large island, lying in the Northern Ocean, to the north of Russia, from which it is separated by the strait of Waigate. It has no inhabitants except wild beasts, particularly white foxes and bears. In 1595 a Dutch vessel was cast away on the coast, and the ship's company were obliged to winter there; but they did not see the sun from the fourth of November to the beginning of February, and had great difficulty to keep themselves from being frozen to death.