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Taurica

Ancient name
Taurica
Modern name
Crimea
Modern country
Ukraine ;)
Taurica was a ancient name for the Crimea, which appears commonly on 15th-century Ptolemaic maps. It also appears as Tana Taurica due to the major port of Tana in that region; see also Sea of Tana. The region abuts or overlaps the area often marked as Tartaria, although Tartaria is really further east, strictly speaking. Taurica is not very common, appearing only in 3 Sfera manuscripts. Note that there is no connection between the region of Taurica, the Taurus Mountains, and the city of Tauris (now Tabriz, Iran).
Coordinates
45.4, 35.82
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M094

Variant spellings of Taurica in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
Tana tauricha Bos
taurica Asf
Taurica Bos
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Taurica.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/taurica/.