The Black Death
in Western Europe
October 1347

Legend:
Legend: Outbreak = documented outbreak
Legend: Possible outbreak = possible outbreak, or location in an
intermediate period between outbreaks

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October 1347:
Fleeing from the Crimea, Genoese
galleys arrive in Sicily, carrying the
plague to Western Europe.
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Messina
Catania
Reggio di Calabria
Syracuse
Agrigento
Trapani