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  • Born around 1170, Fibonacci spent his youth in Bugia, in what is now Algeria.

    Triumph of The Idea Smugglers 2010

  • It is no accident that Fibonacci came from a free city-state run by merchants, Pisa, and lived in another, Bugia.

    Triumph of The Idea Smugglers 2010

  • At age 15, Fibonacci accompanied his father, a Pisan trade representative, to the North African port of Bugia now Bejaia, in Algeria.

    Counting On Progress Alan Hirshfeld 2011

  • I arrived in Bugia just in time to witness a murder, which led me to who I am today, by the most unusual path.

    Congratulations Cory and Alice « Whatever 2008

  • James also attempted to establish his overlordship in Tlemcen and Bugia in North Africa, and to secure a hold in Tunis.

    5. Aragon 2001

  • After many adventures during a number of years, in a score of cities and on the seas, the now white-haired Lull sailed into the curved bay of Bugia farther westward along the African coast.

    The Book of Missionary Heroes Basil Mathews

  • One day the people in the market-place of Bugia heard a voice ring out that seemed to some of them strangely familiar.

    The Book of Missionary Heroes Basil Mathews

  • For the Lull who had, in a fit of temper, smitten his Saracen slave now smiled on the men who stoned him; and the Lull who had showed the white feather of fear at Genoa, now defied death in the market-place of Bugia.

    The Book of Missionary Heroes Basil Mathews

  • Leonardo's father was a commercial agent at Bugia, the modern Bougie, [529] the ancient Saldae on the coast of Barbary, [530] a royal capital under the

    The Hindu-Arabic Numerals David Eugene Smith 1902

  • The emperor, after passing through great perils, was driven to the port of Bugia in Africa, where contrary winds held him prisoner for several weeks.

    Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII Charles Morris 1877

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