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Volume 12 · 71 words · 1815 Edition

LUNÆ MONS, in Ancient Geography, a promontory of Lusitania, Now Rock of Lisbon. W. Long. 10. N. Lat. 38. 50.—Another Lune Mons of Ethiopia, from which the Nile was supposed to take its rise.

LUNÆ Portus, a very extensive port, or more truly a bay, of Liguria, between Portus Veneris and Portus Ericis, 20 miles in compass. Now il Golfo della Spezia, on the east coast of the territory of Genoa.