Mauretania
- Ancient name
- Mauretania
- Coordinates
- 33.95, -3.56
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364087
Mauretania, an ancient name for the Maghreb (northern Morocco and Algeria), appears on only one Sfera map (Bos), probably as an addition from the Ptolemaic map tradition.
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M064
Variant spellings of Mauretania in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| mauritania | Bos |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Mauretania.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/mauretania/.