Spain
- Ancient name
- Hispania
- Modern name
- Spain
- Modern country
- Spain
- Coordinates
- 40.42, -3.7
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364038
Spain, like Italy, serves on the Sfera maps as a geographic descriptor for the Iberian peninsula rather than a political label. The kingdoms of Aragon and Castile (which were not yet unified in Dati's day) are never labeled, while versions of Spagnia are quite common. The variation of forms shows the reliance of spelling on pronunication, with a variety of instances spanning the distance from the classical Hispania to the modern Italian Spagna.
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M008
Variant spellings of Spain in Sfera manuscripts
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Spain.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/spain/.