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England

Ancient name
Britannia
Modern name
England
Modern country
UK
England appears on only 2 La sfera maps, both of which use the modern form Inghilterra (a form deriving from the proto-Romance "land of the Angles") rather than the classical Latin Britannia.
Coordinates
51.51, -0.12
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M124

Variant spellings of England in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
Inghilterra Con3
inghilterra Fn6
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “England.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/england/.