Gazaria / Crimea on Italian Maps from the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Century
Journal: Античная древность и средние века
Year: 2025

This article explores the phenomenon of generating Crimea’s standardized geographical names on the material of Latin nautical charts from the fourteenth and fifteenth century, predictive standardizing in the modern language culture. The sources foundation of work was Medea-Chart Data Base for the Medieval and Early Modern nautical charts, developed under the supervision of Joaquim Alves Gaspar, in which author identified and studied over 130 Crimea’s maps from the fourteenth and fifteenth centur