Hyrcania
- Ancient name
- Hyrcania
- Modern name
- Hyrcania
- Modern country
- Iran, Turkmenistan
- Coordinates
- 37.1, 56.3
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
This toponym only appears in the poem, never in the maps.
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Hyrcania.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/hyrcania/.