Spread of the Black Death
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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 Times Concise Atlas of World History, edited by Geoffrey Barraclough.

This map was designed to offer a general understanding of the course of the plague through Europe through 1349. 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 to return to the smaller version, or return to The Spread of the Black Death through Europe.