Sea of Nikpa (open water)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/17259

A sea reputedly by China, in which ships are held immoveable and the only means of escape is to be mistaken as prey by a giant bird

Names

Hebrew: ים נקפא = YM NQPʾ 1

Temporal Data

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Event Description	Date	Comp./Composition	MS./Manuscript	Ed./Edition
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela 1	before c.1170	c.1173	13th C	1907

Sources

1Sea of Nikpa: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 94 [Hebrew with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Liran Yadgar, “Sea of Nikpa” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/17259.

Additional credit information:

Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; abstract; and Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
Liran Yadgar: place categorization and categorization, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue

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