Cape Bonandrea
- Modern name
- Ras al-Helal
- Modern country
- Libya
- Coordinates
- 32.88, 22.18
Bonandrea or Cape Bonandrea is a promontory on the North African coastline between the modern Libyan cities of Benghazi and Tobruk, near the modern town of Ras al-Helal. Note that Bonandrea is a different place from both Bona (Algeria) and Cape Bon (Tunisia). Campbell #1595.
The toponym Cape Bonandrea appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P032
Variant spellings of Cape Bonandrea in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| [o]bonandrea | Wie1 |
| bona drea | Pnc3 |
| Bona[n]drea | Clas2, Par3, Yale4 |
| bona[n]drea | He3, Marc1, Par1 |
| Bonadrea | Bal |
| bonan / drea | Ricc1 |
| bonandrea | Cap1, Con4, Cs1, Fn9, Fo, He2, Laur3, Laur5, Luc2, ME2, Magl2, Med2, Med3, NB, NYPL3, Pad1, Pal6, Pal8, Per2, Ricc12, Ricc15, Ricc8, Tre |
| Bonandrea | Con3, Cors2, Med1, Morg, NYPL2, Pal5, Parm2, Pnc4, Pnc5, Ricc17 |
| bonandria | Con1, Marc2 |
| bonandriea | Fn12 |
| bonetrea | Ashb3 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Cape Bonandrea.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/cape-bonandrea/.