You can learn more about the toponyms in three ways:

1. Select a toponym from the index list on the left. This list is filterable by fuzzy-matching search. Selecting a toponym will allow you to view more detailed information.
2. Start typing a toponym in the search box, and the list will use fuzzy matching to offer you a smaller number of options.
3. Select a point on the map to view the toponym associated with that location. You can then click on the toponym for more detailed information.

With each toponym we have listed a few of the naming variants that appear across the Sfera manuscripts. Our list of variants is not comprehensive, and provides only a representative sample of the kinds of spelling variants found on Sfera maps. In particular, doubled letters (angolo >> angollo), c/ch and g/gh variants (>> angholo), and vowel variation (>> angelo) are so common that it is impossible to note all variations. Toponyms with few or no variants either (a) are so common as to acquire a standard spelling (e.g. asia) OR (b) do not often appear in the Sfera maps (e.g. livorno). Our list of variants expands abbreviations except in the case of labels such as f[iume] or m[are], where variation is shown.