Samastro
- Ancient name
- Amastris
- Modern name
- Amasra
- Modern country
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 41.75, 32.39
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364332
Samastro (present-day Amasra, Turkey) is a port on the southern shore of the Black Sea, between Pontarachia and Castelle. It was controlled by the Genoese from the later 13th to the later 15th century. Note that it is different from the inland city of Savasto. Campbell #1297; Gordeev 43–4.
The toponym Samastro appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P118
Variant spellings of Samastro in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| s[...]asc[...] | NYPL3 |
| Sama/schoe | Ashb7 |
| Samasch/ohe | Ashb7 |
| Samaschoe | Ashb7 |
| Samasco | Morg |
| samasco | He3 |
| Samascoe | Luc2, Parm2 |
| samasri | Ricc15 |
| Samasso | Vat2 |
| samasso | Ashb3, Med3 |
| SAMASSO | Wie1 |
| samast[...] | Pad1 |
| Samasto | BL01, BL02, Barb4, Clas2, Con4, Fn9, Fo, NB, New, Ricc11, Ricc14, Ricc17, Ricc6, Ricc8, Ro2, Spe, Vat3 |
| samasto | Bal, Barb3, Borg, Con1, Fn8, Pal6, Pal8, Ricc12, Urb1 |
| SAmasto | Ricc9 |
| Samasto [...] | NYPL2 |
| Samastoe | Con3, Cs1, Laur3, Magl2, Pal5, Par4 |
| samastoe | Fn6, Tre |
| samastor | ME2, Marc1 |
| Samastor | Cap1, Marc2 |
| samastore | Yale4 |
| Samastre | Per2 |
| Samaxo | Par3 |
| Samest[...] | Cors2 |
| Samisoe | Pnc5 |
| Samosto | Par2 |
| Sanasto | Ricc13 |
| Savastro | Laur5 |
| Simastoe | He1 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Samastro.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/samastro/.