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Trabuco

Ancient name
Antipyrgus, Cyrenaica
Modern name
Tobruk
Modern country
Libya
Trabuco, also Porto Trabuco (now the port of Tobruk, Libya), is a site close to Libya's eastern border with Egypt with a deep natural harbor. While it served as a waystation for navigation or caravan routes along the coast, it only appears on maps in seven Sfera manuscripts. Campbell #1584.
Coordinates
32.08, 23.99
World Historical Gazetteer
https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364134
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M117

Variant spellings of Trabuco in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
porto di traboccho Ro2
porto di trabocco Ricc13
porto di trabocho Med2, Par1, Ricc11
porto di tribi Magl4
porto di trobi Fn3
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Trabuco.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/trabuco/.