This map of the spread of the Black Death in Europe in
the fourteenth century was created by your guide and is copyright
© 2003 Melissa Snell. Geographical data was derived from
the National Geographic Atlas of the World, sixth edition,
1990. Historical data was derived from The Black
Death by Philip Ziegler, The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval
History by Colin McEvedy and from the Encyclopedia
Britannica.
This map was designed to offer a general understanding
of the course of the plague through Europe in the second half of
1348. No guarantee is made as to the complete accuracy of this
geographic rendering.
You may download or print this map for personal or school use,
as long as the copyright notice remains intact. Click the map for
a larger version (639 pixels; 72k).