The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Byala Cherkva [uncertain]
Bulgaria
View Larger MapDescription of institution: Edward Brown references "Bellacherqua" in Bulgaria, probably Byala Cherkva (meaning "white church"), but Droulia identifies Brown's location as the town and municipality of Kuršumlija (or Cursumnè) in Serbia, which was known in English as Bele Crkve (White Churches). Print Sources linked to this location: Member of - On Travel Literature and Related Subjects: References and Approaches.
Mentioned - An Accompt Concerning the Baths of Austria and Hungary; as also some Stone-Quarries, Talcum rocks, &c. in those parts: By the same hand.