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Samos

Ancient name
Samos
Modern name
Samos
Modern country
Greece
Samos is an island in the Aegean Sea north of Kos and south of Chios, off the coast of Asia Minor. Like Chios, it was controlled by the Genoese Giustiniani family in the later Middle Ages. Campbell #1398d.
Coordinates
37.73, 26.84

The toponym Samos appears in La Sfera in the following places:

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Map of the location P119

Variant spellings of Samos in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
esamo Laur5, Yale4
examo Bal, Luc2, Med1
famo Ricc1
FANO Wie1
iano Pal8
Samo Ashb7, Magl2, Parm2, Pnc5
samo Ashb7, Marc1, ME2, Per2
sciamo Ricc15
Xama NB
xamo Clas2, Fo, He3
Xamo Fn9, He2, Laur3, Par2
Zamo [?] Ricc8
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Samos.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/samos/.