Note 056

In this voyage, almost all the geographical names are corrupted by the Latins. The modern appellation of Chalcis, and all Euboea, is derived from its Euripus, Euripo, Negri-po, Negropont, which dishonours our maps, (D'Anville, Geographie Ancienne, tom. i. p. 263.)
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