Zante, formerly Zakynthus, is an island of about 12 miles in length and 30 in circumference. […] The city of Zante, anciently also called Zakynthus, and having a population of 16,000 souls, is built in a line along the eastern side of the island, a little to the S. of Cape Krio-neró (fresh-water) 12 miles distant, and nearly W. from Cape Tornese, at the bottom of a small bay formed by Cape Krio-neró and the point of the Madonna di Skopo. The fort stands to the N. W. of the town, at the extremity of a commanding hill. The port is in fact no other than a road, containing about three miles in the opening and four in its whole external extent, but it is tolerably secure.
