Ptolemy: "They want this Epirus—along with the aforementioned part of Macedonia—to be called Albania, after the Albanians (a people from Asia) who settled there after being driven out by the Tatars". Ptolemeu: "Ata duan që ky Epir—së bashku me pjesën e lartpërmendur të Maqedonisë—të quhet Shqipëri, sipas emrit të Shqiptarëve (një popull nga Azia) që u vendosën atje pasi u dëbuan nga Tatarët". Luccari Giacomo was a diplomat and historian from the Renaissance Republic of Ragusa. He was Rector of the Republic of Ragusa in 1613. He wrote about Albanians:   "Albania took its name from the Albanians of Asia who, driven out by the Tatars, came to this part of Macedonia—situated between the Boiana River and the Hiimara (or the cliffs of Acroceraunia), the Ionian Sea, and the Camoli Stohi mountains.  Yet the name 'Albania' also encompasses Epirus, a region extending from Vallonia—known to the ancients as *Avlona Navale*—down to the Gulf of Arta (or Ambracian Gu...