Map of Antangil




Cities & Towns of Antangil

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[English Translation]            of Antangil.       Book one.           9 & very pleasant crags, from which emerge several hot springs, sulfurous, vitriolous, aluminous, ores & ferruginous[1] waters, because of which the Kings have built several sumptuous buildings, as much for their particular contentment, as for the utility of their subjects, who receive great relief of many infirmities. ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== Of the land & nature thereof. CHAP. IV.       All that is near the high mountains of Salices is land of high & dry situation, yielding quantity of wheat, rye & oats, strong wood of oak, fir, melezes,[2] pines, chestnuts, apple trees, pear trees, mesliers,[3] corm trees,[4] allisiers,[5] & other strong trees loving the cold country.       The high mountains abound in all kinds of minerals such as gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, & Iron, and also in semi–minerals, such as sulfur, vitriolic,[6] alum, cinnabar, antimony[7] & marcasites.[8] As for the other places which are between the great lake & the end of the

1. ferrugineuses, related to the word Ferruginosite, meaning rust of iron [Cotgrave]. The word "ferrugineuses", as it appears written here, seems to have been rarely used at the time of the publication of Antangil. It was then associated with the medical use of hot springs, and was used by Louis Guyon in his work, Les Diverses Lecons de Loys Guyon, Dolois, Sieur de la Navche.... 2. melezes=turpentine trees. 3. mesliers=various fruited vines of melons 4. corm trees=sorb apple or service tree. 5. allisiers=the Lote, or Nettle tree. The European nettle tree (Celtis australis), also known as Mediterranean hackberry, lote tree, or honeyberry, is a large deciduous tree from Europe, North Africa, & Asia Minor. It can grow up to 25 m high in warm climates, though in cooler sites it rarely reaches that height. 6. Vitriol is the general chemical name encompassing a class of chemical compound comprising sulfates of certain metals – originally, iron or copper. 7. Antimony is a chemical element with the symbol Sb (from Latin: stibium) & atomic number 51. A lustrous gray metalloid, it is found in nature mainly as the sulfide mineral stibnite (Sb2S3). Antimony compounds have been known since ancient times & were powdered for use as medicine & cosmetics, often known by the Arabic name kohl.[5] Metallic antimony was also known, but it was erroneously identified as lead upon its discovery. The earliest known description of the metal in the West was written in 1540 by Vannoccio Biringuccio. 8. The mineral marcasite, sometimes called "white iron pyrite", is iron sulfide (FeS2) with orthorhombic crystal structure.