Barbaria
- Modern name
- North Africa
- Coordinates
- 35.5, 7.94
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364319
Barbaria, traditionally known in English as the Barbary Coast, comprises the coastal areas of central and western North Africa from Morocco to Tunisia (Ifriqiya), between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlas Mountains. Its name comes from the Berber tribes that inhabit these areas. Some of the Sfera maps (e.g. Pnc5) distinguish different parts of the region: Barbaria di Ponente (West Barbaria), Barbaria di Levante (East Barbaria) and Barbaria di Mezzo Dì (South Barbaria). See Lotfi Ben Rejeb, "'The general belief of the world': Barbary as Genre and Discourse in Mediterranean History," European Review of History 19.1 (2012): doi:10.1080/13507486.2012.643607.
The toponym Barbaria appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P103
Variant spellings of Barbaria in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| bararberia | Fn3 |
| Barb(aria?) | Bos |
| barbaria | Bos, Con3 |
| BARBARIA | Ricc6 |
| BARBARIA DI PONENTE | Pnc5 |
| BARBEBIA | Ricc11 |
| barberia | Fn6, Fn8, Magl4, Med2, Pal5, Ro2 |
| BARBERIA | Ashb3, Med3, Par3, Ricc1, Ricc6, Wie1 |
| BArBeria | Ricc13 |
| Barberia | Pal5 |
| BARBERIA DI LEV[ANTE] | Pnc5 |
| BARBERIA DI LEVANTE | Pnc5 |
| BARBERIA DI MEZO DI | Pnc5 |
| illegible due to scratch on page | Con3 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Barbaria.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/barbaria/.