Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms

Volume 34: The Small Western Ocean

Northern Africa, Map 3

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Western ships were plundered and hijacked by them, with both people and cargo entirely lost. In 1830 the 10th year of the Daoguang reign, France raised an army to strike their nest and exterminate their chief leaders. They took possession of the entire country and established thirty thousand troops to defend the territory.

However, the hinterland is entirely inhabited by the Arab tribes original: 阿丹 (Adan), who constantly harbor resentment and hatred. Consequently, the French officers and soldiers have recently retreated to reside in the coastal ports and no longer station themselves in the interior.

Algeria original: 阿爾尼阿 (A'ernia) is bordered on the east by Tunis, on the south by the desert, on the west by Morocco, and on the north by the sea. It is located to the northeast of Tunis. Its territory spans 245,000 square li a traditional Chinese unit of distance, about 500 meters, with a population of two million people. it governs fifty-eight small tribes. The land produces sheepskins, spices, beeswax, wool, woolen fabrics, fruits, and coral.

The Kingdom of Tunis referred to as the Kingdom of Fusha in the "Chronicle of Foreign Lands" original: 職方外紀 (Zhifang Waiji), a 1623 geographic work by Jesuit Giulio Aleni lies to the south of Algeria. Its eastern border is Tripoli.