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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 7 Sfera manuscripts. Campbell #1584.
Coordinates
32.08, 23.99
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 trabocho Med2, Par1
porto di tribi Magl4
porto di trobi Fn3
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Trabuco.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/trabuco/.