Caspian Sea
- Modern name
- Caspian Sea
- Coordinates
- 41.56, 50.93
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364256
The world's largest lake, the Caspian Sea is located east of the Black Sea, and separated from it by the mountainous region of the Caucasus. It generally appears on the Sfera maps by its Italian vernacular name, the "Sea of Baku" (mare di bacu and variants thereof), due to the important port and capital of Baku (now the capital of Azerbaijan) on its western coastline. Some maps also or alternatively list it as the Caspian Sea (mare caspio), a classical name that suggests influence from the Ptolemaic mapping tradition.
The toponym Caspian Sea appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P038
Variant spellings of Caspian Sea in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| [...] delbachu | Laur3 |
| [mare di] bachu | Magl2 |
| [mare] bachu | Bos, Cs1 |
| [mare] caspio | Bos, Cs1, Fn6, Magl2 |
| Caspio | Chig2 |
| l.cas(p)io | Morg |
| M [...] di bacu | Morg |
| M. Caspio | BL02 |
| M. DIBACU | BL02 |
| M[ar]e baccu | MB |
| M[ar]e Caspio | Ashb6, MB |
| M[ar]e ebacum | Ashb6 |
| M[are] bachu | Chig2 |
| M[are] Caspio | NYPL2, Ricc17 |
| M[ARE] DELBAQU | Pnc5 |
| Ma[re] Caspio | Cors2 |
| ma[re] di bahu | Ricc1 |
| Ma[re] dibacu | Cors2 |
| MAR CASPIO | Ricc12 |
| mar caspio | Laur3 |
| Mar caspio | To2 |
| mar chaspio | ME2, NYPL3 |
| mar de bachu | Spe |
| Mar debachu | To2, Tre |
| mar di bachu | NYPL3, New |
| Mar dibachu | Parm2 |
| MAR DIBACU | Ricc12 |
| Marcaspio | Marc1 |
| Mare bac[c]u | Clas2 |
| Mare bachu | He3 |
| Mare caspio | Bos, Con4, He3, Marc2, Ricc11, Ricc14 |
| mare caspio | Bal, Barb3, Chig1, He2, NB, New, Par1, Ricc8, Ro2 |
| mare Caspio | Ricc13 |
| MARE CASPIO | Fn6, Pal5 |
| Mare Caspio | Cap1 |
| Mare caspium | Clas2 |
| mare caspo | Fn12 |
| Mare caspo | Ricc15 |
| MARE CASPRO | BL01 |
| Mare casspio | Ricc6 |
| MARE CHASPIO | Fn8 |
| mare chaspio | Barb4, Borg, Fn9, Laur5 |
| Mare chaspio | Ricc9, Yale4 |
| Mare d de [bachu] | Pnc4 |
| Mare de bacho | Ashb7 |
| Mare de Bachu | Par4 |
| Mare de bachu | He1 |
| Mare debachucho | Con3 |
| mare del bacchu | Barb3 |
| Mare del bacchu | Wie1 |
| Mare del bachu | Ashb6, Bos, Cap1, Luc2, Marc1, Med1, Ricc6 |
| mare del bachu | Fn6, Pnc3, Vat3 |
| Mare del bachuccho | Ricc11 |
| mare del bachuccho | Ricc13 |
| MARE DEL BACU - MARE CASPIO | Wie1 |
| mare delba[...] | Ricc8 |
| Mare delbachu | Fn6, Marc2 |
| MARE delbachucho | Pal5 |
| MARE DELBACU ET MARE CASPIO | Med3 |
| mare delbacu mare cas[pio] | Ashb3 |
| mare della [...] | Ro2 |
| MARE DI BACCHU | BL01 |
| mare di bach[...] | Fn12 |
| mare di bacho | Chig1 |
| mare di bachu | Barb4, Borg, NB, Pad1, Pal8 |
| Mare di bachu | Bal, ME2 |
| mare di bacu | Con1, Urb1 |
| mare dibacchu | Barb3 |
| Mare dibachu | Ricc14, Ricc15, Ricc9, Yale4 |
| mare dibachu | He2, Laur5 |
| mare dibacu | Fn9 |
| Mare dibaen | Con3 |
| Mare dibcu | Con4 |
| MARE DLKbAchu | Fn8 |
| Mare xaspo | Con3 |
| Marre del bachu | Fo |
| Seno dacqua salata | Luc2 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Caspian Sea.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/caspian-sea/.