Sea of Trebizond
- Modern name
- eastern end of Black Sea; esp. Black Sea as viewed from Sea of Azov
- Coordinates
- 42.474564, 38.740552
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364377
The toponym Sea of Trebizond appears in ten Sfera manuscripts, often in tandem with Mare Maggiore (the Black Sea). It generally indicates the eastern end of the Black Sea, off the major port of Trebizond, in much the same way as the Sea of Damietta does for the southeastern Mediterranean. At least one manuscript, however, seems to equate the two, with the label mare magiore cioe mari de tribisonda ("the Black Sea, that is, the Sea of Trebizond").
The toponym Sea of Trebizond appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P166
Variant spellings of Sea of Trebizond in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| M. ditrebisonda | Ricc6 |
| MAR DITRI/BVSO DA | Ashb3 |
| mare de trabisonda | Bos |
| Mare de trabisonda | Bos |
| Mare di trebisonda | Pal5, Ricc6 |
| MARE DI TREBISONDA | Ricc6 |
| Mare di Tribisonda | Vat2 |
| MARE DI TRIBISONDA | Med3 |
| MARE DITRABVSONDA | Ashb3 |
| MARE DITREbiSondA | Fn8 |
| MARE DITREBISONDA | Fn8 |
| Mare ditrevisonda | Fn8 |
| mare maggiore no[...] di trebison[...] | Fn6 |
| Mare magiore cioe mari de tribisonda | Con3 |
| MARE MAGIORE ET MARE DITRIBISONDA | Med3 |
| MARE MAGOR ET MARE DITRIBVSONDA | Ashb3 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Sea of Trebizond.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/sea-of-trebizond/.