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Rocca

Modern name
Roque del Oeste
Modern country
Chinijo Archipelago, Canary Islands/Spain
Rocca, now Roque del Oeste, is a small island in the archipelago of the Canary Islands; it is technically part of the small Chinijo Archipelago north of Lancilotto. It appears on only a single Sfera map (Tre).
Coordinates
29.31, -13.53
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M200

Variant spellings of Rocca in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
rocho Tre
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Rocca.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/rocca/.