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Chios

Ancient name
Chios
Modern name
Chios
Modern country
Greece
Chios is a large island in the Aegean Sea north of Samos and south of Mytilene, off the coast of Asia Minor. Like Samos, it was controlled by the Genoese Giustiniani family in the later Middle Ages, being commercially important for the trade in mastic, alum, salt and pitch. Campbell #1398d.
Coordinates
38.41, 26.05

The toponym Chios appears in La Sfera in the following places:

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Map of the location P042

Variant spellings of Chios in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
Sci[...] Pnc5
Sci[o] Ricc8
Scio Ashb7, Clas2, Fo, He3, Laur3, Luc2, Magl2, Med1, NB, Par2, Parm2
scio Bal, Fn9, He2, Laur5, Marc1, ME2, Pad1, Per2, Ricc15, Yale4
sio Pal8
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Chios.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/chios/.