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Isola del Ferro

Modern name
El Hierro
Modern country
Canary Islands (Spain)
Isola del Ferro, now El Hierro, is the southernmost, westernmost, and second-smallest of the Canary Islands. It is labeled on only two Sfera maps.
Coordinates
27.75, -18.0
World Historical Gazetteer
https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364198
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M197

Variant spellings of Isola del Ferro in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
i[sol]a delfero Tre
yxola dell fero Ashb7
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Isola del Ferro.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/isola-del-ferro/.