Tripoli / Tarabulus al-Gharb

Maps on our site:

• ~1705, Nicolas de Fer(?), Plan de Tripoly en Barbarie
  
  
• 1760-s, Antonio Borg, Piani diversi di tutte le isole..., pl. 125
  
  
• 1764, Joseph Roux, Receuil des principaux plans..., pl. 55
  
  
• 1764, Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, Le petit atlas maritime, v. III, pl. 84

Founded by Phoenicians as trading station beside natural harbor; one of 3 cities of Tripolis region; prospered under Romans; under Vandals 5th cen.; Arab administrative center 7th cen.; in Ottoman Empire 1551 & Karamanli 1711-1835; Barbary pirate base.

Courtesy of Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names^TM ( TGN )
Copyright © 2000 The J. Paul Getty Trust. All rights reserved.

You are visitor no.