Sahara Desert
- Modern name
- Sahara Desert
- Coordinates
- 23.0, 13.0
Dati's references to the Sahara Desert are all indirect, such as "dust and sand—a country scorched by the hot wind where no water emerges from any springs" (3.34.2–4), but such references occur in his discussions of both Morocco and Egypt, sometimes in relation to the Atlas Mountains or Charena. Reference to the desert never appears on any of the Sfera maps.
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location P183
Variant spellings of Sahara Desert in Sfera manuscripts
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- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Sahara Desert.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/sahara-desert/.