Gazola
- Modern name
- Gzoula, near Tilit
- Modern country
- Morocco
- Coordinates
- 30.89, -9.81
Gazola: A port along the west African coast between Safi and Messa, somewhere near what is now Tilit, Morocco. It appears on 15th-century nautical charts between Tafedna and the point of Tamri/Tiguert, but the name disappears from 18th-century maps and its precise location is not certain.
The toponym Gazola appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P099
Variant spellings of Gazola in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| achazola | Bal |
| chazola | Pal8 |
| Gacola | Clas2 |
| Garolla | Con3, Pal5 |
| Garzola | Ashb6 |
| gazilla | Med2 |
| Gazol[...] | Cors2 |
| Gazola | Ashb3, Med3 |
| gazola | Tre |
| GAZOLA | Wie1 |
| Gazoll[...] | NYPL2 |
| Gazolla | Cap1, Cs1, Fo, Magl2, Morg, Par3, Parm2, Per2, Pnc4 |
| gazolla | Con1, Con4, Fn9, He2, He3, Laur3, NB, NYPL3, Pnc3, Ricc1, Ricc8 |
| Gazolli | Ricc17 |
| gazzola | MB |
| Gazzola | Marc2 |
| ghazola | Fn12, Laur5, Par1, Ricc15 |
| ghazolla | Marc1, Pal6 |
| ghazzola | Ricc12 |
| ghazzolla | Pnc5 |
| ghozo | Pad1 |
| ghozole | ME2 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Gazola.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/gazola/.