Hyrcania
- Ancient name
- Hyrcania
- Modern name
- Hyrcania
- Modern country
- Iran, Turkmenistan
- Coordinates
- 37.1, 56.3
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364396
In the Ptolemaic tradition Hyrcania was a region of central Asia east of Parthia, southeast of the Caspian Sea (present-day Turkmenistan and Iran). It only appears in a single Sfera manuscript (Bos).
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M054
Variant spellings of Hyrcania in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| ircania | Bos |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Hyrcania.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/hyrcania/.