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Old 7th June 2012, 05:17 AM   #18
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Very interesting map Dom!

"Biledvlgerid" would be "Biled Ulgerid" or "le bled Algérien", the Algerian hinterland. I know Algiers itself dates from the 10th century, but it's interesting to see an Algerian appellation in European maps of the 1600s.

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