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BASTIA

Volume 3 · 69 words · 1815 Edition

a sea-port town of Albania in Turkey in Europe, over against the island of Corfu, at the mouth of the river Calamu. E. Long. 10.35. N. Lat. 39.40.

the capital of the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean. It has a good harbour, and is strongly fortified. It is situated on the western part of the coast, 70 miles fourth-fourth-west of Leghorn, in E. Long. 9.42. N. Lat. 42.35.