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This is a place at the mouth of the Dniester called Ak-Kierman by the Turks; Tshelatalba by the Walachians; Belgorod by the Russians; Aspro Kastra by the Greeks; and Moncastro by the Genoese. It was the Alba Julia, of the Romans. Forst. This circumstance was before noticed by Rubruquis, and is likewise mentioned by Busbeck.
The other is Cherchiarde or Kerkiarde , which signifies forty places in their language . On the island, which the Italians call the Cimmerian Bosphorus, close to the mouth of the sea of Asof, is Cherz, Kersch, or Kars . Then come Kaffa , Saldaia , Grassui , Cymbalo , Sarsona or Cherson , and Kalamita . Farther on from Kaffa lies Gothia, and still farther Alania, which is without the island towards Moncastro .
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