The covering and opening of the lam and the sukoon of the noon, by the sea of darkness, towards the south, the Southern Ocean, and towards the east, the Indian Ocean, and by the strait of Bab al-Mandab and the Arabian Sea, called the Red Sea, and the lands of the Arabs. Africa can be divided into eight original lands: two in the north, which are the lands of the Maghreb and the lands of Egypt, and four in the center, which are China (with a kasra on the seen and noon, and a fatha on the ya, and a sukoon on the noon, and a kasra on the ya), and the lands of Zanj, and the lands of Thuba, and the lands of Abyssinia, and two in the south, which are the lands of Ghina (with two fatihas or kasras on the kaf) and the lands of Kafirirya. This is what the Europeans now call the lands of Africa, even though Africa was originally a known town in the direction of Tunis, and its lands and surrounding areas were added to the lands of Europe, close to Algeria, as were the lands of Asia and Africa. These three divisions, namely Europe, Asia, and Africa, are called the Old World or the Old Earth, meaning Marwa in ancient times. As for the lands of America, or America (with a kaf or qaf), they are called the New World and are also called the West Indies. They are also called in Arabic "Wonders of Creation," and they were only known to the Europeans after the Christians turned against the lands of Andalusia and expelled the Arabs from them. The lands of America are connected to six seas. From the north, they are connected to the Arctic Ocean and Baffin Bay. From the east, they are connected to the Sea of Darkness, the Sea of the Antilles, the Great Ocean called the Atlantic, and a sea that passes in the west. It is divided into two parts: North America and South America. North America has six original lands: Russian America, or the territory ruled by Moscow, and the lands of Greenland (with a damma on the hamza, a sukoon on the ghain, then a damma on the ra, its ya, a fatha on the waw, then a sukoon on the noon, a fatha on the lam, then a sukoon on the noon, then a silent mim, and the lands of New Britain (with a kasra on the hamza and a sukoon on the ba).