Simisso
- Ancient name
- Amisos
- Modern name
- Samsun
- Modern country
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 41.29, 36.33
Simisso is a port on the southern shore of the Black Sea, between Sinope and Vatiza. It was briefly a Genoese colony in the late 13th and early 14th centuries, but was definitely conquered by the Ottomans in 1420. Campbell #1277; Gordeev 79–80.
The toponym Simisso appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P129
Variant spellings of Simisso in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| Samisoe | Ashb7 |
| SIMI[...] | Ashb3 |
| simis[so] | Pal6 |
| simiso | ME2, Pal8, Ricc12 |
| Simiso | Fo, Med3, Par3 |
| SIMISO | Wie1 |
| Simiso[...] | Ricc17 |
| Simisoe | Ashb7, Cap1, Marc2, NYPL2 |
| SimiSoe | Ashb7 |
| simisoe | Marc1, Yale4 |
| simiss[...] | NYPL3 |
| Simisso | Con4, Cors2, Cs1, Laur3, Magl2, Med2, Morg, NB, Pnc4, Pnc5, Ricc15 |
| simisso | Con1, Fn9, He3, Pad1, Per2, Pnc3, Ricc1, Ricc8 |
| Simissoa | Con3 |
| simissoe | Bal, Fn6, Laur5, Pal5, Tre |
| Simissoe | Luc2, Parm2 |
| Simisto | Clas2 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Simisso.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/simisso/.